Title: From Cornfield to Battlefield: A Young Farmer's Journey Through World War II, 2019

Series Number: 26/20/801

Acquired: 12/06/2021.

Volume: 0.1 cubic feet

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Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street

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Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	1

Description: From Cornfield to Battlefield: A Young Farmer's Journey Through World War II, 2019, by Marti Briggs Brown. This memoir chronicles the life of her father, Louis Franklin Briggs (1920-2001), College of Agriculture, General Agriculture, 1942. Subjects include Louis Briggs' early life, his time as a University of Illinois student, and his experiences as a military officer during World War II. Book is based on correspondence from Louis Briggs, a significant amount of which is reproduced verbatim within its pages.