Felix L. Sparks Collection

Biographical Information

Gender

Male

Race

White

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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.

Collection Information

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:

Rex Sjostrom

Contributor:

Annette Gray

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

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