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02197aam a22003257 4500 001 CDBDD31E88D811ED85367DA34CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221231010016 008 221230s2022 xxu 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9798218101893 035 $a (OCoLC)1356508143 040 $a BUP $b eng $c BUP $d SILO 100 1 $a Davis, Jim $d 1951- 245 14 $a The Road to Jenneville : $b a WWII soldier's journey to the battle of the bulge / $c by Jim Davis 260 $a s.l.: $b Jim Davis, $c 2022 300 $a 153 pages; $b black & white, color illustrations, $c 23 cm. 500 $a Photos and maps included. 500 $a Book cover and graphics by Dan McCreight. 520 $a "This book is an historical fiction about an Iowa farm boy's experience in two theaters of World War II: the Asiatic-Pacific and the European-African-Middle Eastern. The story follows Pfc. Virgil Nelson from his induction at Camp Dodge in Des Moines to his basic training at Camp Roberts in northern California to his first assignment with an anti-aircraft outfit on Adak Island in the Aleutian Campaign. Returning home in the early part of 1944, he is transferred into the 346th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division and ships with them to Europe later that year. After fighting in the Saar Valley in France for only a couple of weeks, the entire division is rushed to Belgium where they are called upon, along with other divisions under General Patton's command, to block the German advance in the Ardennes Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Bulge. Follow Virgil's journey of duty, danger, and sacrifice as he makes his way through the Aleutians and the Bulge, and eventually, to The Road to Jenneville." from the back cover. 600 10 $a Nelson, Virgil, Pfc. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns 651 0 $a Iowa $x Fiction. $y World War, 1939-1945 $x Fiction. 700 1 $a McCreight, Dan. 941 $a 2 952 $l KTPC296 $d 20230704010806.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20221231010643.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CDBDD31E88D811ED85367DA34CECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search