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We Called Ourselves Rocketboatmen
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Author : William Howard Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Company
Release Date : 2008
We Called Ourselves Rocketboatmen written by William Howard Palmer and has been published by Dorrance Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Amphibious assault ships categories.
We Called Ourselves Rocketboatmen
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Author : William Howard Palmer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
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We Called Ourselves Rocketboatmen
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Author : William Howard Palmer Jr
language : en
Publisher: Go to Publish
Release Date : 2021-03-12
We Called Ourselves Rocketboatmen written by William Howard Palmer Jr and has been published by Go to Publish this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-12 with categories.
D-Day, June 6, 1944-a day never to be forgotten. More than 156,000 troops crossed the English Channel from England to Normandy, making it the largest seaborne invasion in history. Leading the pre-invasion ashore were the brave, but little known, rocketboatmen, as they called themselves. Their job, as the first close up Naval offense, was to soften up the German beach defenses with 48 rockets, machine gunnery, and smoke screening, preparing the way for the LCVP infantrymen. Through private diary entries and firsthand accounts, many read here for the first time, the unfolding of the earliest events leading up to the invasion is told in vivid and unforgettable detail. In choppy seas, oftentimes like sitting ducks in the water, these young men manned their landing craft approached the beaches at exactly 6:00 A.M.- half an hour before H-hour-unleashed their barrage of forty-eight rockets, twelve boats at Omaha, twelve at Utah Beach, lighting up the coastline like a Fourth of July grand finale. Several boats actually beached at Omaha and Utah under shell and bombardment and crossfire sustaining casualties, eliminating German coastline pill boxes. Relive their compelling tales in this incredible story.
We Called Ourselves Rocketboatmen
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Author : Jr. William Howard Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Go to Publish
Release Date : 2023-10-20
We Called Ourselves Rocketboatmen written by Jr. William Howard Palmer and has been published by Go to Publish this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
D-Day, June 6, 1944--a day never to be forgotten. More than 156,000 troops crossed the English Channel from England to Normandy, making it the largest seaborne invasion in history. Leading the pre-invasion ashore were the brave, but little known, rocketboatmen, as they called themselves. Their job, as the first close up Naval offense, was to soften up the German beach defenses with 48 rockets, machine gunnery, and smoke screening, preparing the way for the LCVP infantrymen. Through private diary entries and firsthand accounts, many read here for the first time, the unfolding of the earliest events leading up to the invasion is told in vivid and unforgettable detail. In choppy seas, oftentimes like sitting ducks in the water, these young men manned their landing craft and approached the beaches at exactly 6:00 A.M.-- half an hour before H-hour--unleashed their barrage of forty-eight rockets, twelve boats at Omaha, twelve at Utah Beach, lighting up the coastline like a Fourth of July grand finale. Several boats actually beached at Omaha and Utah under shell and bombardment and crossfire sustaining casualties, eliminating German coastline pill boxes. Relive their compelling tales in this incredible story.
When Baseball Went To War
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Author : Todd Anton
language : en
Publisher: Triumph Books
Release Date : 2013-09-01
When Baseball Went To War written by Todd Anton and has been published by Triumph Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Combined with never-before-published photographs and other special features, this account tells the compelling and unforgettable story of ballplayers such as Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, Jerry Coleman, Bob Feller, Lou Brissie, and Johnny Pesky who answered their nation's call to serve their country.
12 Seconds Of Silence
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Author : Jamie Holmes
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Release Date : 2020
12 Seconds Of Silence written by Jamie Holmes and has been published by Houghton Mifflin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with History categories.
The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II--and developed one of the most powerful weapons of the war 12 Seconds of Silence is the remarkable, lost story of how a ragtag group of American scientists overcame one of the toughest problems of World War II: shooting things out of the sky. Working in a secretive organization known as Section T, a team of physicists, engineers, and everyday Joes and Janes took on a devilish challenge. To help the Allies knock airplanes out of the air, they created one of the world's first "smart weapons." Against overwhelming odds and in a race against time, mustering every scrap of resource, ingenuity, and insight, the scientists of Section T would eventually save countless lives, rescue the city of London from the onslaught of a Nazi superweapon, and help bring about the Axis defeat. A holy grail sought after by Allied and Axis powers alike, their unlikely innovation ranks with the atomic bomb as one of the most revolutionary technologies of the Second World War. Until now, their tale was largely untold. For fans of Erik Larson and Ben Macintyre, set amidst the fog of espionage, dueling spies, and the dawn of an age when science would determine the fate of the world,12 Seconds of Silence is a tribute to the extraordinary wartime mobilization of American science and the ultimate can-do story.
Baseball
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Author : Steven P. Gietschier
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2023-07
Baseball written by Steven P. Gietschier and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Baseball: The Turbulent Midcentury Years explores the history of organized baseball during the middle of the twentieth century, examining the sport on and off the field and contextualizing its development as both sport and business within the broader contours of American history. Steven P. Gietschier begins with the Great Depression, looking at how those years of economic turmoil shaped the sport and how baseball responded. Gietschier covers a then-burgeoning group of owners, players, and key figures—among them Branch Rickey, Larry MacPhail, Hank Greenberg, Ford Frick, and several others—whose stories figure prominently in baseball’s past and some of whom are still prominent in its collective consciousness. Combining narrative and analysis, Gietschier tells the game’s history across more than three decades while simultaneously exploring its politics and economics, including, for example, how the game confronted and barely survived the United States’ entry into World War II; how owners controlled their labor supply—the players; and how the business of baseball interacted with the federal government. He reveals how baseball handled the return to peacetime and the defining postwar decade, including the integration of the game, the demise of the Negro Leagues, the emergence of television, and the first efforts to move franchises and expand into new markets. Gietschier considers much of the work done by biographers, scholars, and baseball researchers to inform a new and current history of baseball in one of its more important and transformational periods.
D Day Landing Craft
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Author : Andrew Whitmarsh
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2024-05-23
D Day Landing Craft written by Andrew Whitmarsh and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-23 with History categories.
The contribution of landing craft and their crews to the 1944 Normandy campaign was enormous, and often overlooked. Most of the more than 132,000 Allied troops who landed on the beaches on D-Day came ashore from landing craft. The book examines why so many different types of landing craft were used in the operation; how they were built in both the UK and North America, over several years and with many competing war production requirements and operational needs. In the lead up to D-Day the Allies never seemed to have enough landing craft, their availability and production regularly discussed by top Allied leaders. This account is essential to anyone who wants to fully understand the course of D-Day, and the nature of Allied preparations for the campaign.
Yogi
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Author : Jon Pessah
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-04-14
Yogi written by Jon Pessah and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Discover the definitive biography of Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees icon, winner of 10 World Series championships, and the most-quoted player in baseball history. Lawrence "Yogi" Berra was never supposed to become a major league ballplayer. That's what his immigrant father told him. That's what Branch Rickey told him, too—right to Berra's face, in fact. Even the lowly St. Louis Browns of his youth said he'd never make it in the big leagues. Yet baseball was his lifeblood. It was the only thing he ever cared about. Heck, it was the only thing he ever thought about. Berra couldn't allow a constant stream of ridicule about his appearance, taunts about his speech, and scorn about his perceived lack of intelligence to keep him from becoming one of the best to ever play the game—at a position requiring the very skills he was told he did not have. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews and four years of reporting, Jon Pessah delivers a transformational portrait of how Berra handled his hard-earned success—on and off the playing field—as well as his failures; how the man who insisted "I really didn't say everything I said!" nonetheless shaped decades of America's culture; and how Berra's humility and grace redefined what it truly means to be a star. Overshadowed on the field by Joe DiMaggio early in his career and later by a youthful Mickey Mantle, Berra emerges as not only the best loved Yankee but one of the most appealingly simple, innately complex, and universally admired men in all of America.
We Called Ourselves Sailgers
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Author : Jack N. Abernathy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-01
We Called Ourselves Sailgers written by Jack N. Abernathy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Jack was on Tinian Island when the Atomic bomb was dropped. Jack knows how important the atomic bomb was for this country. Jack believes that the atomic bomb saved many soldiers lives, because the invasion of Japan would have cost thousands of American soldiers. The B29 was dropped from the Nola Gay and then it returned to Tinian Island. August 9th 1945. They dropped one more then the War ended.