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Dearest Mama : the lost letters of a fallen soldier and the stories of those he left behind /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walker, William, 1945- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Blanton, Bud, > 1924-1945 > Family.
Blanton, Bud, > 1924-1945 > Correspondence.
United States. > Army. > Infantry Division, 104th > Biography.
Soldiers > South Carolina > Horry County > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Casualties > Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A sister remembers
  • From the farm to the front line
  • The first year without him
  • Coming home
  • Those he left behind
  • Bud Blanton's friends who also never came home
  • Peter Batty and the American military cemetery at Margraten
  • Finding Peter Batty
  • The Timberwolves
  • Two Medal of Honor recipients, two different stories
  • James Gibson and the house on Averette Street
  • The names on a flag
  • Rest easy, men.