Papers, 1889-1947 1945-1947.

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Papers, 1889-1947 1945-1947.

Booklet, The Story of the Eleventh Armored Division: Thunderbolt; advertisements for the 5th annual reunion of the 11th Armored, Chicago, 1947; photographs of the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp (1945); photocopy of army discharge for Franklin M. Betteys dated 1889.

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Mauthausen (Concentration camp)

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United States. Army. Armored Division, 11th

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The 11th Armored Division was activated on August 15, 1942 at Camp Polk, La. It underwent combat training at Camp Polk and Camp Barkeley, Tex., desert maneuvers at Camp Ibis, Calif., and combat readiness training at Camp Cooke, Calif., until June 1944. The division embarked from Staten Island, N.Y., on September 27, 1944, and disembarked in England on October 12th. It landed in France on December 17, 1944, crossed into Belgium on December 29, and entered Germany on March 5, 1945. During the inva...

Mains, Jim.

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Member of the Eleventh Armored Division during World War II. From the description of Papers, 1889-1947 1945-1947. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 52298506 ...