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- Name:
- Felix L. Sparks
- State of Birth:
- TX
- Home State:
- CO
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
- War or Conflict
- World War, 1939-1945
- Military Status
- Veteran
- Dates of Service
- 1940-1945
- Entrance into Service
- Enlisted
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Unit of Service
- 3rd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division
- Location of Service
- Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Camp Barkley, Texas; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Pine Camp, New York; Camp Pickett, Virginia; North Africa; Sicily; Italy; France; Germany
- Highest Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Prisoner of War
- No
- Service History Note
- The veteran participated in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, and continued to serve in the Colorado Army National Guard, retiring in 1979 after attaining the rank of Brigadier General. See also the book "SPARKS: The Combat Diary of a Battalion Commander" by Emajean Jordan Buechner, Thunderbird Press (9/1992) ISBN: 0913159085.
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- Type of Resource:
- Audio: Audio Cassette [4 items] -- Oral history interview
- Audio: CD [4 items] -- Reference copy
- Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- Typewritten document
- Manuscript: Transcript [2 items] -- Typewritten document
- Interviewer:
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Rex Sjostrom
- Contributor:
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Annette Gray
- Contributor Affiliation/Organization:
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Douglas County History Research Center, Douglas County Libraries
- Collection #:
- AFC/2001/001/41933
- Subjects:
- Sparks, Felix L.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
- United States. Army.
- Cite as:
- Felix L. Sparks Collection
(AFC/2001/001/41933), Veterans History Project,
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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