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Identifier: Mss-0374
Abstract
The End of Japan is a memoir by William Burton who served in the maintenance units of the 3rd and 20th Armored Divisions and the ordnance section of headquarters for the 2nd and 8th Armies. The collection is important in that it provides information on early World War II training of U.S. armored units, a view from the headquarters of the 8th Army of the campaigns in New Guinea and Leyte Island in the Philippines, and the occupation of Japan just after the end of the war....
Dates:
1989
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- Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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- Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Leyte Island
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