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Infantry Field Manual: Rifle Company, Rifle Regiment. War Department publication FM 7-10, June 2, 1942. Belonged to Private First Class John Lee Meyer, Jr. Meyer, a native of Phillipsburg, Kansas, was drafted into the Army in 1943. He saw heavy combant in Germany as part of the 1st Infantry Division, 18th Regiment, Company F, eventually receiving both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. After the war, Meyer was reassigned to the 1st Division, Chief of Council, Presentation Department in Nuremberg. His new duties included building the architectural model for the redesigned courtroom at the Palace of Justice in preparation for the Nuremberg Trials.
Creator: United States. Government Printing Office.
Date: 1942
Item Number: 443414
Call Number: 2017.28.13
KSHS Identifier: 2017.28.13
Collections - Museum
Date - 1940s
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Department of War
Military - Service - Army - Infantry - 1st Infantry Division
Military - Veterans
Military - Wars - World War II
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Booklet - Instruction
Places - Other States - Colorado
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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