Reminiscences of William Walter Rogers : oral history, 1969.

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Reminiscences of William Walter Rogers : oral history, 1969.

Education; service in World War I, combat duty in France, commissioned 1918, occupation of Germany; training, barracks, sea duty assignments; World War II, Division of Plans and Policies, later Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian; amphibious commands; Iwo Jima; occupation of Japan.

Transcript: 99 leaves.

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