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Title
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U.S. Base Closings Include KC Units
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Description
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Article discusses the approval by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission of Pentagon plans to close or realign Army and Navy bases around the country, including some in Kansas and Missouri. Map of base closings to date included.
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Date
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2005-08-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Long U.S. Army Reserve Center
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Description
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Photograph of the Long U.S. Army Reserve Center at 1528 Central circa 1980. The facility, opened circa 1951, closed in the early 1980s and was demolished to make way for the Bartle Hall Convention Center expansion project.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Russell A. Osmun
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Description
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Autographed portrait of Brig. Gen. Russell A. Osmun, who was commanding officer at the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot, 601 Hardesty Avenue. Osmun spoke to the South Central Business Association at a September 11, 1945 luncheon, on the subject of "The Army's Place in the Life of Kansas City."
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Date
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1944~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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James M. Pendergast
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Description
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Portrait of World War I soldier in uniform identified as 2nd Lt. Pendergast, believed to be James M. Pendergast, nephew of Tom Pendergast. Location not given.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Samuel J. Blocher
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Description
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Portrait (with editorial notes written directly on print) of Lt. Col. Samuel J. Blocher. Blocher assumed command at midnight on the evening of September 30, 1948, when the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot at Independence Avenue and Hardesty officially became the Kansas City Records Center, consolidating Army records from regional offices in Columbus, Ohio; Oakland, California; San Antonio, Texas; Long Island, New York; and Atlanta, Georgia.
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Date
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1948~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Ask the Marshall
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Description
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Question and answer column including a statistical summary of casualties incurred during the ''Indian Wars'' in the western United States. The author writes that in 1,240 post-Civil War engagements, 2,125 U.S. soldiers were killed.
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Date
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2005-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The United States Army in the Kansas Border Troubles, 1855-1856
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Description
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In the first paragraph of the article, the author poses these questions: "To what extent was the army used as a peace-maintaining force and to what degree was it truly neutral? If the army was relatively impartial, how can this be explained in view of the fact that officers stationed in Kansas were of both Northern and Southern origins? A brief account of this period of military history may suggest answers to these questions". The article goes on to discuss the vital role the army played in preventing full-scale civil war in the area.
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Date
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1966
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The First Captain of Battery A
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Description
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Seated portrait identified as "Lieutenant Colonel in the World's great war of 1917-18." Identified as "the first Captain of Battery A" which was part of the 129th Field Artillery. According to information on page nine of the scrapbook, Marvin H. Gates was the first captain.
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Date
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1917-08-03
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Object Type
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Photograph
