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the author J.D. Salinger was a Sergeant in the US Fourth Infantry Division in WWII. He landed in the second wave at Utah Beach on D-Day, carrying a draft of The Catcher in the Rye with him there and through several battles, and at the liberation of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp.

Jul 6, 2022•1 min read

Fun Fact: the author J.D. Salinger was a Sergeant in the US Fourth Infantry Division in WWII. He landed in the second wave at Utah Beach on D-Day, carrying a draft of “The Catcher in the Rye” with him there and through several battles, and at the liberation of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp.

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