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Re: Help with WWII map information]
From:
"Johnnie D. Sutherland" <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 23 Jan 2004 16:29:12 -0500
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Subject: Re: Help with WWII map information
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:23:00 -0600
From: Dennis McClendon <[log in to unmask]>



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>I have a WWII map published by the War Department in 1944
>I'm wondering if this was
>a map that was issued to soldiers on D-Day, and if so, which soldiers
>would have been given a copy?

I can only add a little information: my uncle, who went ashore late
on D-Day, recently showed me a map that sounds like the one you
describe.  He said it was offered to him by an officer who either
didn't think he'd need it or had an extra.
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Dennis McClendon, Chicago CartoGraphics
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