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Gay, Hobart R., fl. 1945 Headquarters XXI Corps

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09591.09.06 Author/Creator: Gay, Hobart R., fl. 1945 Place Written: Belgium Type: Typed document Date: 7 February 1945 Pagination: 1 p ; 20.4 x 33 cm. Order a Copy

The document, written by Hobart R. Gay, Brigadier General detailing general extract orders. The 969th Field Artillery Battalion is named as being exemplary in the Bastogne, Belgium. The document is labeled 'Restricted' and issued by Gay under the command of Lieutenant General Patton.

Gay, Hobart R., fl. 1945

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