Memoirs of Norborne Berkeley, 1891-1932.

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Memoirs of Norborne Berkeley, 1891-1932.

Berkeley wrote these memoirs of his education at Episcopal High and the University of Virginia; World War I including training at Ft. Meyer, instructing at Camp Lee and service in France, particularly the Meuse Argonne offensive; legal career at Bethlehem Steel and its chairman Eugene G. Grace, particularly an incident involving his Grace's son Charles.

438 p.

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University of Virginia

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Berkeley, Norborne, 1891-1964.

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