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" The Bedford boys : "
Alex Kershaw.
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BL
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1005263
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b759633
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| Main Entry
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Kershaw, Alex.
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| Title & Author
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The Bedford boys : : one American town's ultimate D-Day sacrifice /\ Alex Kershaw.
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| Edition Statement
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1st Da Capo Press ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: Da Capo Press,, 2003.
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xii, 274, [34] pages of plates :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0306811677
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: 9780306811678
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| Notes
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Group portrait on lining papers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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An account based on interviews, letters, and diaries traces the stories of twenty-one young men from Bedford, Virginia, who died on D-Day, noting how their lives and deaths continue to impact their families and their community.
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United States.
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United States.-- History.
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United States.
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Operation Neptune.
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World War, 1939-1945, Personal narratives, American.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns-- France-- Normandy.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Virginia-- Bedford.
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Military campaigns.
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Operation Neptune.
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Operation Neptune.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Regimental histories.
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Bedford (Va.), History.
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Bedford (Va.), Biography.
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France, Normandy.
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United States, Virginia, Bedford (Independent City), Military history, World War, 1939-1945.
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Virginia, Bedford.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.5421420922755675
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D756.5.N6K47 2003
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