ALFRED FRANCIS BESANCON JR.
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American Battle Monuments Commission. Alfred F. Besancon Jr. N.d. n/a.
American Battle Monuments Commission. Disposition of World War II Armed Forces Dead. 1945. Page 2-3.
Army Service Forces Army Effects Bureau. Inventory. October 6, 1944. Page 1.
Army Service Forces Army Effects Bureau. Order for Shipment. October 18, 1944. n/a.
“Battles of Monte Cassino”.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battles-of-monte-cassino
Budget Bureau. Relinquishment of Disposition Authority. June 7, 1948. Page 3.
Byers, Donald. “337th Infantry Regiment, 85th Division, 5th Army in World War II”. 2016-2017. n/a.
Department of the Army the Adjutant General’s Office. 337th Open Report. May 1-5, 1944. Page 1.
Department of the Army the Adjutant General’s Office. 337th Open Report. May 6-11, 1944. Page 1.
Department of the Army the Adjutant General’s Office. 337th Open Report. May 12-18, 1944. Page 2-3.
Farelly, Elly. “June 1944 – Rome Falls to the Allies in the Second World War”. May 28, 2017. n/a.
Hancock County Historical Society. Alfred Francis Besancon Cemetery Record. N.d. n/a.
Headquarters 337th Infantry. “Report of Operations – April 1944”. June 16, 1944. Page 4.
Headquarters 337th Infantry. Stations of Unit or Parts Thereof. March 1944. Pages 3-4.
Headquarters Graves Registration Service, Q.M.C. Weekly Report of Burials Recorded. May 21, 1944. Page 1.
James F. Smith to Joseph Besancon. April 26, 1949.
Jones, Don. Timetable Summary for 337th Infantry, 85th Division. N.d. n/a.
National Archives and Records Administration. Report of Burial. May 16, 1944. Page 1.
National Archives and Records Administration. World War II Army Enlistment Records. 1938 to 1946. n/a.
Office of the Quartermaster General Memorial Division. Administrative Decision Action Sheet on Unresolved Cases. April 19, 1949. n/a.
Office of the Quartermaster General of the Army. Intraoffice Reference Sheet. March 29, 1949. n/a.
Perry, Mark. “Louisiana Maneuvers (1940-41)”. November 25, 2008. n/a.
Russell, Jesse and Cohn, Jesse. “Operation Diadem”. 2012. n/a.
State of Mississippi Department of Education. Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children. 1927. Page 166.
The Institute of Heraldry. 337th Regiment. N.d. n/a.
Thomas B. Larkin to Alfred F. Besancon. November 23, 1948.
Thomas B. Larkin to Gladys M. Besancon. July 31, 1947.
Trueman, C.N.. “The Battle of Monte Cassino (Second Phase)”. May 19, 2015. n/a.
Unit History.
http://www.337thinfantry.net/unit.php
U.S. Federal Census Bureau. 1900 Federal Census. June 14, 1900. Page 11.
U.S. Federal Census Bureau. 1910 Federal Census. April 13, 1910. Page 1B.
U.S. Federal Census Bureau. 1920 Federal Census. January 3, 1920. Page 3B.
U.S. Federal Census Bureau. 1930 Federal Census. April 11, 1930. Page 10A.
U.S. Federal Census Bureau. 1940 Federal Census. April 25, 1940. Page 33.
War Department the Adjutant General’s Office. Report of Death. June 3, 1944. n/a.
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