WWII SCRAPBOOK PFC BROKAW 991ST FA BNWWII personal scrapbook of Pfc. William F. Brokaw from Orr, Minnesota ...

WWII SCRAPBOOK PFC BROKAW 991ST FA BN
WWII personal scrapbook of Pfc. William F. Brokaw from Orr, Minnesota, serving with the 991st Field Artillery Battalion. The scrapbook, bound in brown hardcovers, 12.5 x 15.5 inches, includes 31 various banknotes, a welcome letter from the 'People of Liege' welcoming the liberators, service orders, copy of a letter commending the men of the VII Corps Artillery from the Headquarters VII Corps, Lt. Gen. J. Lawton Collins, two certificates of retention dated 27. October 1945 listing a captured c .25 Walther pistol from the enemy. Further included is a copy of a hand-drawn map for a truck 'Convoy Baker 43' showing a route from Aachen, Germany to Butgenbach Belgium, an area west of the Ardennes, possibly used during wartime; a second certificate for enemy captured equipment for a saber, bayonet, and a knife; three copies of a Third Armored Division newsletter, 1 page, dated 2 October 1944; an interesting copy of 'Battlefield Trip Notes' guide to WWI battlefields, 2 pages, Verdun Red Cross, June 8, 1945; a general order listing the recipients of the Purple Heart and the Good Conduct medal, listing the Brokaw of Battery A as a recipient; a Signal Corps photograph of soldiers examining medical equipment left behind bu the Germans.