Alexander Standish Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Alexander Standish

State of Birth:

MA

 

 

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1942-1945

Branch of Service:

Army

Unit of Service:

G-2 (Intelligence) Section, 12th Army Group

Location of Service:

England; Northern France; Normandy; Germany

Highest Rank:

Colonel

Prisoner of War:

Unknown

Service History Note:

Veteran was chief, Intelligence Branch under 12th Army Group Commander Omar Bradley. His responsibilities included interpreting the Ultra intercepts, which were secret Nazi military and diplomatic cables.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Audio: CD [1 item] --Oral history interview

Manuscript: Correspondence [14 items] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Memoirs [2 items] --Typewritten document

Computer File: CD [1 item] --Electronic file of manuscript material

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [48 items] --Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents)

Audio: CD [1 item] --Oral history interview

Interviewer:

Jon Thunberg

Contributor:

Jon Thurnberg

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/8404

Subjects:

Standish, Alexander
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Army.

Cite as:

Alexander Standish Collection
(AFC/2001/001/8404), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress