CONG Archives and Storage Collection
Object Name:
Memorandum
Catalog Date:
02/18/2015
Object ID:
2015.3.025
Collection:
Captain John W. Finch Collection
Description:
Memorandum addressed to Captain John Finch from the Acting Adjutant, David P. Wood at HQ, 103rd Division, U.S. Army out of Denver, CO, informing him that his appointment as a Captain in the Officers' Reserve Corps had been received; this was official notification;
History of Item:
Items were donated to the Colorado National Guard by Georgia Beauchemin of Lynn Haven, FL. Items belonged to CPT John Finch, who served in the National Guard of Colorado beginning in 1901, as an enlisted Soldier. He served as Commander of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry (1st Colorado) during World War I. Died in 1932 as a Major.
Event Associated with Item:
Interwars period — WWI & WWII
Dates of Creation:
26 NOV 1923
Related Subjects:
Reserve Officers of Colorado
Officers' Reserve Corps
HQ, 103rd Division, U.S. Army
Denver
Appointment
Memorandum
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