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National Defense Research Committee Collection.

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Collection Number: MC051

Manuscript paper written under the auspices of the National Defense Research Committee for the Office of Scientific Research and Development, entitled A survey of rationing and subsistence in the United States Army 1775 to 1940, the final report on Troop feeding programs, written by Samuel C. Prescott, former Dean of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Inclusive Dates

194-.

Subject

Political Science

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