Owen Wallace Burnham , 2000

File — Box: 7, Folder: 3

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Scope and Contents

Burnham (b. 1923) recalls his childhood in Blanding, Utah, and describes his basic training as part of the 17th Airborne Division shortly after Pearl Harbor. His unit landed in Naple, Italy, in March of 1944, and later fought in France and Germany. He was mustered out of the service in 1946. 48 pages.

Dates

2000

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