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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2018585081
DACS was used as the primary description standard.
Collection material in English
Materials were donated by Glenn A. Fackler in 1998.
The collection was processed and arranged by Ryan Moore in 2020.
Materials from the Glenn R. Fackler World War II map collection are governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.
The Glenn R. Fackler World War II map collection collection is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Geography and Map Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Glenn R. Fackler World War II map collection collection, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Glenn R. Fackler was born January 17, 1917 and died August 21, 2009. He served with the U.S. Army's 7th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge and was wounded in action. Upon his discharge from service, he was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Presidential Unit Citation, the Belgian Fourregere, among others.
The collection consists of 11 reproductions of maps from the publication titled Eleven war maps with the dates of important events in World War II. The book was published in 1945 by the Geographia Map Co. of New York. The donor's reproductions were not large enough to completely cover the contents of the maps. Three textual documents are included.
The Glenn R. Fackler World War II map collection collection is organized in a single series:
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
Copyright "Geographia" Map Co.
Alexander Gross, F.R.G.S.
Battles and important dates included.
From Glenn R. Fackler to Jim Flatness.
Dated 1998.