by Morgan Byrn
Born in Lonoke, Arkansas, Second Lieutenant Julian J. Gates lived in Memphis, Tennessee when he joined the Army Air Corps. He kept a diary from 1942-1945 during his service in World War II, a manuscript of which is part of the Tennessee Historical Society’s “Home Front Tennessee” World War II Project records now housed at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. According to the dates listed at the beginning of the diary, Gates was captured when the Un...
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