Oral history interview with Frank Breyer, 2003 September 20.

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Oral history interview with Frank Breyer, 2003 September 20.

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Interview with Frank Breyer, Army veteran (922nd Field Artillery), concerning his experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. His volunteering for the draft, 1943; assignment to Burma, 1944; attachment to Merrill's Marauders (5307th Composite Unit [Provisional]); combat around Myitkyina, Burma, 1944; medical evacuation to Ledo; assignment to the Mars Task Force (5332nd Brigade [Provisional]), October, 1944; combat around Bhamo, Burma; transfer to the 612th Artillery; opening of the Burma Road; transfer to Kunming, China, for artillery training, March, 1945; teaching artillery tactics to Chinese troops with the Chinese Combat and Training Command; resumption of fighting between Chinese Nationalist and Communist forces, 1945.

51 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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