85th (Eighty Fifth) Coast Artillery (AA) (Semi-Mobile) United States Army 1942
. Army Press, 1942. Hard Cover.
Binding a bit shaken but holding.
A yearbook of all the members and events of the 85th Coast Artillery during 1942.
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