wrote on Dec 21 2021
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7:59 pm
My Dad was in the 111th Engineer Combat Battalion during WWII. He left a day by day diary from 1940 thru 1945. I have just completed a book on it titled "A Private in the Texas Army" which has been published by State House Press and available December 29. State House Press is part of the Texas Book Consortium headed by Texas A&M Press. The book contains over 300 maps and pictures plus hundreds of names of Engineers at that time. In 2014 the 36th Division Association granted me permission to use pictures and maps from the 1946 "A Pictorial History of the 36th "Texas" Infantry Division". It is a unique look at the war from the eyes of a private including battles and back behind the lines during rest periods having a little too much fun. The book is now available on State House Press, Texas A&M Press, and Amazon.com. This is not a self-published book. It is under my name John A. Pearce. It also includes the advancement of the infantry, the hard battles fought, and returning home from war in 1945.