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Barnes, Hubert D., fl. 1944-1945 Headquarters 969th Field Artillery Battalion

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09591.03 Author/Creator: Barnes, Hubert D., fl. 1944-1945 Place Written: France Type: Typed document Date: 9 October 1944 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 33.5 cm Order a Copy

The document is typed by Lt. Col. Hubert D. Barnes to the Adjutant General in Washington, D.C. The document details action against enemy and the after-action report for the month of September. The primary objective was the reduction of the enemy at Brest and the Crozon Peninsula. No casualties directly from enemy fire; however, Private Wesley Pickett was killed from the premature burst of a shell. Once the reduction was completed, they marched from September 28 to September 30 to the Western Front at Plouider, a town north the Western Front at Lesneven. Four officers received decorations.

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