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expansion of leave time and entertainment programs. Lt. Col. Roosevelt had an additional purpose unbeknownst to Wood, however, and in the evening the group retired to an Allied
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given the task of providing a set of recommendations aimed at curbing the serious problem of declining morale. A series of proposals resulted from the day-long session, including elimination of restrictive regulations, organization of additional athletic events and recreational opportunities, and the
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Leading and Staff Procedure: Spoken Extemporaneously between 8th April and 1st May, 1941, to the 28th Division's Command and General Staff School, which Included All Field Officers and Acting Field Officers of the Division, at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation,
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His papers, consisting of 8 linear feet of correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, and photographs, are housed at the
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At the time of the eruption of World War I, Wood was an
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403:"Eric Fisher Wood Papers: Biographical History,"
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644:The Writing on the Wall: The Nation on Trial.
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