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 United...
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