Series IV. Personal correspondence from William Bennett, January 1945-August 1945 : Correspondence; V-mail; Photograph; Leaflet; Newspaper Clippings 19450100-19450800.

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2019.

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Description: This series (1 sleeve) consists of letters an V-mails from William Bennett to his family in Los Altos and San Francisco, California. Bennett begins the year traveling to Northern France after being temporarily assigned to the 474th Infantry Regiment. He is eventually assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment. By April, Bennett is in Germany and eventually travels to Austria, Paris, and London. In his letters, Bennett writes about not being allowed to talk to German civilians, the Pacific war being the most difficult one, German fanatic resistance, rooting out Nazis in hiding, finding stolen art of Hermann Goering, visiting London and Paris, seeing General Patton, and leaving for the United States.;Personal correspondence from the service of Sergeant William Bennett who was assigned to the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in the Pacific, Mediterranean, and European Theater of Operations. The collection is arranged into five series: I. Personal correspondence from William Bennett, July 1942-November 1942; II. Personal correspondence from William Bennett, May 1943-December 1943; III. Personal correspondence from William Bennett, January 1944-December 1944; IV. Personal correspondence from William Bennett, January 1945-August 1945; and V. Envelopes associated with personal correspondence from William Bennett, 1942-1945.

America in world war two. Oral histories and personal accounts.

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March 02, 2020

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