| Scope and content |
Collection consists mainly of course material used by Roberts while he was in the Command and General Staff College. Sample courses in the School of Combined Arms include map reading, signal communications, protection against air attack, domestic disturbances, civil defense, and air defense. The course, attack of an island, contains the complete field orders, plans, and reports of the 7th Infantry Division in the 1944 attack on the Marshall Islands (Operation Flintlock). Another course details the historical situation involving the German counter-offensive in the Ardennes. Course work in the School of Intelligence files include class notes, handouts, questions, and sample situations on various topics, including: prisoners of war, technical intelligence, interpretation of information, and security. The School of Logistics files contain course notes on topics concerning suppliers, casualty evacuation, and sanitation. Also included in the collection are miscellaneous course schedules and programs, and manuals and drafts of manuals. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Carson Abel Roberts Papers (#321), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Lt. General Carson A. Roberts. |
| Biographical note | Carson Abel Roberts (b. 1905), native of Lancaster, Wis., was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the Command and General Staff College. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps in 1929, and during World War II, served as Operations officer in the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing. After the war, he was Chief of Aviation Section of the Marine Corps schools and later became assistant chief of staff for the Marine Air Reserve Training Command at Glenview, Ill. During the Korean Conflict, Roberts served as deputy chief of staff and was promoted to chief of staff of the 1st Marine Aircraft Command. In 1962, Roberts was promoted to Lt. General and became commanding general of the Pacific Fleet Marine Force. |
