Collection: WWII 987th Field Artillery Battalion PFC. James L. Dirks European Theater Combat Letters (FRANCE, BELGIUM, GERMANY).
This incredible collection of museum-grade and original WWII combat ETO letters are dated from D-Day 1944 to the surrender of Germany in 1945. These letters were written by artilleryman PCF. James L. Dirks (38554807) of the 987th Field Artillery Battalion (Battery A). During his service as a field artilleryman PCF. Dirks provided Alled artillery fire support during the June 6th, 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy, Allied forces break through at St Lo, the Allied liberation of Paris, the Battle of the Bulge, the Rhine River crossing, the Battle of the Ruhr Pocket, and the capture of Nuremberg. By the end of WWII and the German surrender PFC. Dirks was a highly decorated soldier serving under General George S. Patton’s 3rd Army.
