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FOOTLOCKER, DOCUMENTS, JOURNALS AND UNIFORM ARTICLES OF MAJ. JAMES C. BEAL, U.S.A.A.C.

FOOTLOCKER, DOCUMENTS, JOURNALS AND UNIFORM ARTICLES OF MAJ. JAMES C. BEAL, U.S.A.A.C. Large grouping of material from Major James C. Beal, an ordnance officer attached to the 8th Air Force and tasked with arming fighter aircraft of the 67th Fighter Wing operating from England from mid-war until the end of the conflict. This large grouping includes secret descriptions of the facilities he supervised, his orders, preparations and training undertaken in anticipation of D-Day, perhaps a hundred other documents pertaining to transfers, training, operations, etc., three holograph notebooks filled with notes by Beal during his training, concerns company administration, uniforms, protective measures, motor convoys, military courtesy, military law, map reading, etc., and approx. 20 maps with additional overlays, printed notes, etc. from Europeans and American "battle zones" used by Beal in post-war staff training. Of special interest is a small notebook containing 32pp. of very detailed notes on German ordnance types of all kinds including incediaries and smoke bombs, AA shells, mines, "butterfly" bombs, fuses, unexploded bomb searches and handling, protective works, etc. Also presdent are some of Beal''s uniform items, including three garrison caps, one with a major''s insignia, two dark green shirts, one with 8th Air Force patch, one with Army Air Corps patch, green coveralls, Army wool sweater vest and scarf, duffel bad stenciled with his name, Sam Brown belt, and more. All are contained in Beal''s stenciled foot locker. Very good.