I Was A Teenage Rifleman In World War Ii
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I Was A Teenage Rifleman In World War Ii
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Author : Earl A. Reitan
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2004
I Was A Teenage Rifleman In World War Ii written by Earl A. Reitan and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Fiction categories.
Reitan, a rifleman with the Third Infantry Division in World War II, has written a vivid story of four teenagers (one of them an American) who join the Resistance in France during World War II. After adventures with the Resistance, the American becomes an underage rifleman with the Third Infantry Division and participates in the battles experienced by the author. Set in the grim reality of wartime France, this dark-edged novel presents interesting characters, fast-moving action, true-to-life instances of ground combat, and a touch of bittersweet romance.
Not In Vain
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Author : Leon C. Standifer
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 1998-09-01
Not In Vain written by Leon C. Standifer and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-09-01 with History categories.
Growing up in a small college town in central Mississippi in the 1930s, Leon C. Standifer knew little of the trauma of war. But by the time he was nineteen, World War II had made war a reality for him. Standifer volunteered for and was accepted by a special army program that would send him to college for technical training; he sometimes hoped and some-times feared that the war would end before the training did. Events turned out quite otherwise. A serious shortage of trained riflemen needed for the invasion of Normandy meant that Standifer and more than one hundred thousand other young men were taken from the program and sent into battle as combat infantrymen. Not in Vain: A Rifleman Remembers World War II looks at American involvement in the war from the firsthand perspective of this nineteen-year-old soldier. As an infantryman in France and Germany during the latter part of the war, Standifer experienced the numbing boredom of daily routine and the adrenaline-pumping excitement of combat. He re-calls the anguish of losing friends in battle and the decisive moment when he slit the throat of an enemy soldier, memories that haunt him still. But Not in Vain is far more than a conventional soldier’s memoir. Although he recounts in vivid detail his personal experiences, Standifer also makes a far broader inquiry into the forces that turned a sheltered young man from a religious, small-town back-ground into an effective soldier. Growing up in the Baptist church, Standifer thought he had learned the differences between good and evil, right and wrong. But after his days in battle, moral distinctions were no longer as clear. Not in Vain documents Standifer’s lifelong debate with himself over the justification for war by considering not only his reactions during combat but also the feelings that have remained with him for life. He describes these intense emotions in his account of a trip taken to Europe many years after the war and of his recent reunion with some of the former members of his rifle company. Written in an effort to come to terms with his involvement in the war, Not in Vain is a probing and timely study of a citizen’s dedication to his country.
Not Me The World War Ii Memoir Of A Reluctant Rifleman
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Merriam Press
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Not Me The World War Ii Memoir Of A Reluctant Rifleman written by and has been published by Merriam Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Time Capsule 1944
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Author : Myron C. Peterson
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2011-02-11
Time Capsule 1944 written by Myron C. Peterson and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When America was attacked in December 1941, many young men were drafted, given a few months of training, and sent off to fight in a war that seemed to have no end. In Time Capsule1944, one combat rifleman shares his personal story. In northern Italy in 1944, of the twelve men in an infantry rifle squad, ten were just nineteen years oldand all draftees who had never before seen combat action. Former combat rifleman Myron Peterson narrates a poignant story told through not only his eyes, but also of the eyes of his fellow infantry members who, despite their innocence, would be forever changed from their war experiences. Told through actual letters sent from the home front that relay one familys worries and attempts to boost and sustain the morale of their loved one, Peterson shares a never-before-seen glimpse into how the love of his family and friends helped one soldier keep his dreams aliveeven as destruction and death surrounded him. Time Capsule1944 shares the incredible account of how a few courageous young men who never asked to be soldiers became heroes.
Nudge Blue
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Author : Donald E. Lavender
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Nudge Blue written by Donald E. Lavender and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Soldiers categories.
The Recollections Of Rifleman Bowlby
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Author : Alex Bowlby
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-11-25
The Recollections Of Rifleman Bowlby written by Alex Bowlby and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'One of the great Second World War memoirs ... will be read as long as that war is remembered' John Keegan 'Extraordinary realism' SUNDAY TIMES 'A touch of the Somme and more than a hint of Wilfred Owen' TLS A classic of WWII, this is the vivid memoir of Private Bowlby, who came through the North Africa campaign only to have to battle in bitter fighting against a stubborn and skilled German defence in Italy. It is a truly authentic account of what it was like to fight your way through one of the most gruelling and dangerous campaigns of the Second World War, where so often the hunters became the hunted. A superb first-hand account of the the second world war.
Time Capsule 1944
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Author : Myron C. Peterson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-02
Time Capsule 1944 written by Myron C. Peterson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When America was attacked in December 1941, many young men were drafted, given a few months of training, and sent off to fight in a war that seemed to have no end. In Time Capsule 1944, one combat rifleman shares his personal story. In northern Italy in 1944, of the twelve men in an infantry rifle squad, ten were just nineteen years old and all draftees who had never before seen combat action. Former combat rifleman Myron Peterson narrates a poignant story told through not only his eyes, but also of the eyes of his fellow infantry members who, despite their innocence, would be forever changed from their war experiences. Told through actual letters sent from the home front that relay one family's worries and attempts to boost and sustain the morale of their loved one, Peterson shares a never-before-seen glimpse into how the love of his family and friends helped one soldier keep his dreams alive even as destruction and death surrounded him. Time Capsule 1944 shares the incredible account of how a few courageous young men who never asked to be soldiers became heroes.
A Battle Too Far
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Author : Carole McEntee-Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Release Date : 2014-07-22
A Battle Too Far written by Carole McEntee-Taylor and has been published by Pen & Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-22 with Electronic books categories.
Port Said September 1st 1945 As the ship pulled into Alex, the dockside was a hive of activity. The captain had radioed ahead and so there was a battalion of the Kings' African Rifles (KAR)waiting to disarm us as we disembarked. All these KAR's were standing at the order as a staff officer informed us that we were to be placed under arrest and escorted to Khartoum, here we would contemplate our mutiny for 2 years. Our battalion was still under arms; the sound of the cocking of weapons greeted the officer's threat, and a lone voice asked And who's going to escort the darkies? All our officers were powerless, we had the drop on the KAR's, all that was needed was for someone to pull the trigger. A Battle Too Far is the true story of Rifleman Henry Taylor 6923581, late 7th Battalion The RifleBrigade (1stBattalion London Rifle Brigade) and is based on his diaries and recollections as told to his son Lawrence. The Foreword is by Lt-Gen Sir Christopher Wallace Chairman of The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum in Winchester. Henry's war began in October 1942 as the 2nd Battle of El Alamein commenced and continued almost non-stop for the next three years. From El Alamein to Tunisia he fought with the 8th Army as they finally pushed Rommel back to the sea.Expecting to return to Britain in preparation for D Day at the last minute plans were changed and they were ordered to Italy instead. Here they found themselves fighting for every inch of land against determined, well dug-in defenders, in conditions often resembling the trenches of WW1. Their reward? Their campaigns forgotten as the world concentrated on the D Day invasion and to be called 'D Day Dodgers' despite enduring some of the heaviest fighting of the war. As Europe celebrated VE Day Henry's war continued as they raced to Austria to prevent Yugoslav forces annexing Carinthia in the opening shots of the Cold War. Then, as the men around him were de-mobbed, Henry and the rest of the Battalion were sent back to Egypt to protect British interests in the continuing civil unrest. Dejected and fed up it only took one incident to spark a mutiny. As featured in The Enfield Gazette.
Another River Another Town
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Author : John P. Irwin
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2013-03-27
Another River Another Town written by John P. Irwin and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Many narrative accounts of men in combat during World War II have conveyed the horrors and emotions of warfare. However, not many reveal in such an intimate way the struggle of innocent youth to adapt to the primitive code of “kill or be killed,” to transform from lads into combat soldiers. Another River, Another Town is the story of John P. Irwin, a teenage tank gunner whose idealistic desire to achieve heroism is shattered by the incredibly different view of life the world of combat demands. He comes to the realization that the realm of warfare has almost nothing in common with the civilian life from which he has come. The interminable fighting, dirt, fatigue, and hunger make the war seem endless. In addition to the killing and destruction on the battlefield, Irwin and his crew are caught up in the unbelievable depravity they encounter at Nordhausen Camp, where slave laborers are compelled to work themselves to death manufacturing the infamous V-rockets that have been causing so much destruction in London, and that are expected one day to devastate Washington, D.C. At the end of the war, the sense of victory is, for these men, overshadowed by the intense joy and relief they experience in knowing that the fighting is at last over.
Rifleman New Edition
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Author : Victor Gregg
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-10-03
Rifleman New Edition written by Victor Gregg and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Victor Gregg is the most remarkable spokesman for the war generation' Dan Snow 'A classic' Mail on Sunday 'Astonishing' James Holland Born in 1919, Victor Gregg enlisted in the Rifle Brigade aged just eighteen and began a life of adventure. A soldier throughout the Second World War, he saw action across North Africa, was a driver for the Long Range Desert group and fought at the battle of Alamein. Taken into captivity at the Battle of Arnhem in 1944, he was sentenced to death for sabotaging a Dresden factory; he escaped only when the Allies' infamous air raid blew apart his prison and very soon encountered the advancing Red Army. Revised and expanded with exclusive new material in time for Gregg's 100th birthday, Rifleman is the extraordinary story of an independent-minded and quick-witted survivor.