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Box 15

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Niles W. Drage account and photograph, approximately 2001, approximately 1943

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 5 File 387
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain a short account in which Niles W. Drage shares one experience from his service the U.S. Army in World War II, describing how all but one of the soldiers in his unit were killed by friendly artillery fire falling short of its target. Attributes his survival to God, and ends his story. Also contains three copies of a photograph of Drage. Dated approximately 1943, approximately 2001.

Dates: approximately 2001; approximately 1943
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army engineers

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