The 116th AAA Gun Bn Mobile typescript (photocopy), 1943-1945

Summary

Creator:

Shearouse, James D., Col.

Date:

1943-1945

Extent:

1 folder(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

The 116th AAA Gun Bn Mobile typescript (photocopy), ms2538, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a 168 page typescript (photocopy) of THE 116TH AAA GUN BN MOBILE, compiled and styled by John Grove Murray. The volume chronicles the unit from its beginning in 1943 through the Normandy Invasion on Utah Beach on 6 June 1944, on through Paris and Sedan, France into Belgium, Holland and Germany. Included are unit commendations, rosters, and other vital statistics. Written in the 1940s, Col. James D. Shearouse added his comments 42 years later.

Related

Other descriptive data:

This collection is available through the Digital Library of Georgia: https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/guan_2538

Indexed terms

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Belgium.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 -- France.
Typescripts.

Names:

United States. Army. Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, 116th.

Preferred citation:

The 116th AAA Gun Bn Mobile typescript (photocopy), ms2538, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.