World War II : 16th F.A.O.B., 2000.

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World War II : 16th F.A.O.B., 2000.

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In a very detailed twenty page narrative F. Keith Davis shares many of his experiences from a Field Artillery Observation Battery during World War II. Stories and Photocopied Photographs tell his story from being drafted to serving nine months on the front lines of the European Theater. Most noteworthy are his experiences from The Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of a concentration camp at Ohrdruf. Davis saw, and writes well of, the atrocities of the second World War. He also includes many photocopied photographs and newspaper articles. His experiences range from the happiest times of camaraderie to the dreadful reality of what was the front lines of World War II's European theater.

1 folder (30 p.) + photocopied photographs.4 photocopied newspaper articles.

Harold B. Lee Library

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