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[email protected]. Recommended Citation Brown, John Sloan, "Draftee Division: The 88th Infantry Division in World War II" (1986). Military History. 11. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_military_history/11 DRAFTEE DIVISION This page intentionally left blank DRAFTEE DIVISION The 88th Infantry Division in World War II JOHN SLOAN BROWN THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY Copyright© 1986 by The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine College, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Club, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. Editorial and Sales Offices: Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0024 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brown, John Sloan, 1949- Draftee Division: the 88th Infantry Division in World War II Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. United States. Army. Infantry Division, 88th-History. 2. World War, 1939-1945-Regimental histories--United States. I. Title. D769.31 88th.B76 1986 940.54'12'73 86-18990 ISBN 978-0-8131-5152-6 To my generation's parents and grandparents, peaceable citizens who destroyed the most threatening militarists of their time This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Illustrations and Tables viii Preface ix Acknowledgments xi 1.