LOUISIANA MANEUVERS

Although the U.S. Army conducted large-scale military exercises or maneuvers in Louisiana each year from 1940 to 1944, this guide only lists materials relating to the 1940 and 1940 maneuvers. Dwight E. Eisenhower participated in the Louisiana Maneuvers of 1941. Please consult the finding aids of the collections cited for more information about those collections.

COLLINS, J. LAWTON: Papers Box 47 Notes of Comments on Third Army Maneuvers, Louisiana, May 28, 1940

COOK, GILBERT R.: Papers Box 7 Third Army Maneuvers, 1940 Triangular Infantry Division, Army Maneuvers, 1940

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.: Post-Presidential Papers, 1962 Principal File Series Box 35 Goodpaster A.J. (only)

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.: Post-Presidential Papers, 1963 Principal File Series Box 30 PU Publications (A) [Louisiana Maneuvers]

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.: Pre-Presidential Papers, Principal File Series Box 30 DANF-DARB (Misc.) [Col. A.F. Dannemiller regarding Louisiana Maneuvers] Box 46 GEROW, Leonard T. (2) [Jan. 1934 - ] Box 61 JONES, L.-JORG (Misc.) [Sam H. Jones regarding an incident related to the Louisiana Maneuvers] Box 63 JOYCE, Kenyon A. (2) [-July 1947] Box 125 WYMAN, Willard G.

HODGES, COURTNEY HICKS: Papers Box 4 1941-1944, Critique, 8th phase, Louisiana Maneuvers (11-13 May, 1943)

LUTES, LeROY: Papers (Microfilm) Reel 1 Headquarters Third Army, , Texas [Maneuver Instructions] Tentative Plans of Special for Supply & Service Personal G-4 Journal, Jan.-Aug., 1941 G-4 Journal and Dispatch File, Aug. 6-Sept. 4, 1941 G-4 Journal (Telephone Conversations), Sept. 1-27, 1941 G-4 File, 1940-41 [Miscellaneous] G-4 Files Personal File of Lutes, Feb.-Aug., 1941 Troop Directory, Third Army Lt. Col. LeRoy Lutes Personal File, Nov. 27, 1940-Oct. 21, 1941

U. S. ARMY: Unit Records Box 531 113th Cavalry Group Military History ["113th Cavalry (H. Mecz.) in Louisiana Maneuvers by Col. Maxwell A. O'Brien] Box 893 G-3 Special Reports (training), 1941 & 1942 [35th Infantry Division] Box 1259 15th Infantry Regiment Scrapbook Louisiana Maneuvers, 1941

WORLD WAR II PARTICIPANTS AND COMTEMPORARIES: Collections HESS, ORVILLE H. Series Memorabilia [includes oversize postcard re 1941 Arkansas-Louisiana maneuvers] LATTIN, GLENN E. Scrapbook [includes oversize postcard re 1941 Arkansas-Louisiana maneuvers]

Oral History Transcripts Transcripts preceded with an * can be found on our web page. All oral history transcripts are available through Interlibrary Loan.

Clark, Gen. Mark W. (OH-131) Gruenther, Alfred M. (OH-113) *Lutes, Leroy (OH-408) Sherrod, Robert Lee (OH-237) *Simpson, William H. (OH-314) *Woodruff, Gen. Roscoe B. (OH-404)

Publications

Gabel, Christopher R. The U.S. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1992. [U253 G33 1991] http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-41-1/CMH_Pub_70-41-1.pdf

Murray, George Edwin Patrick. The Louisiana Maneuvers, September, 1941: Practice for War. Thesis (master's)--Kansas State University, 1972. [Quarter U254 L68 M87]

Stone, Robert. The Louisiana Maneuvers, September 1941. 1997. [Quarter U254 468 S81]

Audiovisual Department: Photographs 64-57-1 Colonel Eisenhower standing in front of tents during the Louisiana Maneuvers. 1941 U.S. Army

64-57-2 Army officers study a map during the Louisiana Maneuvers. L to R; Colonel George Barker, Lt. General Lesley McNair, and Colonel Dwight Eisenhower. 1941 U.S. Army

64-57-3 (L to R) Lt. Gen. , CO Third Army; Colonel Dwight Eisenhower, Chief of Staff Third Army; and Lt. Colonel Oliver H. Stout, CO 113 Observation Squadron, arrive at Lake Charles, Louisiana, to begin the Louisiana Maneuvers. U.S. Army

64-57-4 Colonel Eisenhower (center) looks through field glasses during the Louisiana Maneuvers. 1941 U.S. Army

64-57-6 Army officers study a map during the Louisiana Maneuvers. L to R; Colonel George Barker, Lt. General Lesley McNair, and Colonel Dwight Eisenhower. 1941 U.S. Army

64-57-8 Colonel Dwight Eisenhower reads a paper in his tent during the Louisiana Maneuvers. 1941 U.S. Army

71-968-1 Senior commanders and their chiefs of staff during the Louisiana maneuvers. Left to right: Mark Clark, Harry J. Malony, Dwight D. Eisenhower, , Walter Krueger, Lesley J. McNair. September 1941 U.S. Army

73-439-B-1 Brigadier General Eisenhower and Brigadier General Mark Clark pose for photographs during the Louisiana Maneuvers. Eisenhower, Chief of Staff to Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger's Third Army, was recently promoted to Brigadier General. , 1941 U.S. Army

2009-2-68 Photo of a British with Colonel Dwight Eisenhower and General Krueger at the Louisiana Maneuvers, , 1941. Credit: unknown.