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This is a scrapbook compiled by John Lee Meyer, Jr., who served in the First Infantry Division, 18th Regiment, Company F. It contains photographs, maps, newspaper clippings, general orders, and telegrams documenting his training and service during World War II. Wounded on November 29, 1944, Meyer received a Purple Heart. After the war, he participated in the renovation of the courthouse where the Nuremberg trials were held.
Date: 1943-1946
Item Number: 443272
Call Number: Accession no. 2017-212
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 443272
Built Environment - Function - Government - Courthouse
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1940s
Military - Service - Army - Infantry - 1st Infantry Division
Military - Veterans
Military - Wars - World War II
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Scrapbook
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Scrapbooks
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