SZ/OEMU/2/16/53 - [Letter, Allan Palmer to SZ, 3/8/56]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/2/16/53

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, Allan Palmer to SZ, 3/8/56]

Date/s

1956

Quantity & Format

2 leaves Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Handley, Richard Sampson, 1909-1984

Subject

Wound ballistics
Protective clothing

Creator

Palmer, Allan.

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Palmer asks to be remembered to Sampson Handley. Emmens was expecting to see SZ and Peter Krohn, but SZ's plans had changed. Palmer expects his Citroen to arrive on board the SS Washington in San Francisco.

Palmer had conferred with a representative from the Historical Unit in the Pentagon, and medical officer at the Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Denver, for 5 days, regarding publication of various reports on Battle Casualty Survey. Their reports should be published by the end of the year in a volume entitled `Wound Ballistics and Body Armour'. Included are contents page details of `Wound Ballistics and Personnel Protective Armour'.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/2 - [OEMU. Research queries and correspondence, 1940-1962]
    - SZ/OEMU/2/16 - [Correspondence: Dr Allan Palmer, 1946-1962]
      - SZ/OEMU/2/16/53 - [Letter, Allan Palmer to SZ, 3/8/56]

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