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Publication Date

8-13-2021

Abstract

The collection comprises primarily the drafts of the manuscript for James Cortese's 1988 book "Air Commandos Also Laugh". There are also original drawings by his wife which may have been intended for the book. In addition, there are copies of the newspapers Cortese worked for while in the Army Air Force at Camp Williams, Wisconsin, and Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri, in 1943-1944.

Source Collection

Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Keywords

Cortese, James, 1917-2006.; United States. Army Air Forces. Camp Williams.; United States. Army Air Forces. Sedalia Army Air Field.; United States. Army Air Forces. Troop Carrier Squadron, 318th.

Date

2014 April

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