Copyright © 2012 by Alex Kershaw

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kershaw, Alex.
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau / Alex Kershaw.—First Edition.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Sparks, Felix Laurence, 1917–2007. 2. United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 157th.
Battalion, 3rd. 3. United States. Army—Officers—Biography. 4. World War, 1939–1945—Campaigns—Western Front. 5. World War, 1939–1945—Campaigns—Italy.
I. Title. II. Title: Five hundred days. III. Title: One soldier’s odyssey from the beaches of Sicily to the gates of Dachau.
D769.31157th.K47 2012
940.54′1273092—dc23 2012017064

eISBN: 978-0-307-88801-3

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