Camp Rucker During World War Ii

Author : James L. Noles, Jr.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0738514861

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Camp Rucker During World War II by James L. Noles, Jr. Pdf

The story of Camp Rucker, Alabama, during the Second World War illustrates the colossal effort of a quiet nation to shake off its peaceful slumber and mobilize for total war. Camp Rucker's role in that mighty endeavor is told in these pages through vintage photographs from Fort Rucker's Army Aviation Museum. Select passages from the War Department's 1944 pamphlet Army Life complement these images to give a unique glimpse at the life of a U.S. Army training camp during World War II and the men and women who trained there. Today, Camp Rucker is known as Fort Rucker and is home to the United States Army Aviation Center. In 1941, however, it was simply a vast acreage of pine trees, scrub oak, and sub-marginal farmland. But following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the War Department decided to carve out a training camp in this southeastern corner of Alabama. By the spring of 1942, the first freshly mobilized units had entered its gates. In the following three years, Camp Rucker trained thousands of Army soldiers, WACs, and nurses. Many of these young Americans were destined for the battlefields of the Pacific and Europe.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : IND:30000090170295

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United States Army Aviation Digest by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2492 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:35112102287465

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Report by United States. Congress. House Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1374 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Public works
ISBN : LOC:00220671264

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Military Public Works Appropriations for 1952 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1846 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3637271

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Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, 1952 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2526 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:35112104237138

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1378 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015078431635

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : Harold M. Coons,Philip M. Coons
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781475900811

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Letters Home by Harold M. Coons,Philip M. Coons Pdf

Letters from Harold M. Coons to his mother during his training and service with the U.S. Army's 66th Division.

Author : Gary Hook
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595120666

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One Day in Vietnam by Gary Hook Pdf

After visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. and reflecting on the name of a distant cousin, first-time author Gary Hook set out to discover the man he had never known and what happened to him during the war. He searched for and found his cousin's closest relatives, friends and fellow soldiers with whom his cousin served during the war. Through extensive personal interviews and key government documents the author uncovered a story of gripping air combat, heroic sacrifice, and a terrible secret that lay hidden for more than thirty years.

Author : Allen Cronenberg
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0817350276

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Forth to the Mighty Conflict by Allen Cronenberg Pdf

Alabama and its people played a conspicuous role in World War II. Not only were thousands of servicemen trained at military facilities in the state but Axis prisoners of war were interned in camps on Alabama soil, most notably at Aliceville and Opelika. More than 45,000 Alabama citizens were killed in combat or died as POWs, some came home injured, and many labored in war factories at home.

Author : Phil Gioia
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811771214

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Danger Close! by Phil Gioia Pdf

Phil Gioia grew up an army brat during the decades after World War II. Drawn to the military, he attended the Virginia Military Institute, then was commissioned in the U.S. Army, where he completed Jump School and Ranger School. Not even a year after college graduation, he landed in Vietnam in early 1968—in the first weeks of the Tet offensive, which marked a major escalation of the war. Leading a platoon in the 82nd Airborne Division, Gioia took his paratroopers into the lifting of the siege of Hué—where death was always just around the corner—and the grisly discovery of mass graves of those executed by the Vietcong, during their occupation of the city. Wounded, he was sent home in April. Released from hospital, he commanded a paratroop company in the 82nd Airborne in 1968, returning to Vietnam with the hard-hitting First Air Cavalry Division a year later, this time leading a rucksack company of light infantry. Inserted into far-flung landing zones, Gioia and his men patrolled the jungles and rubber plantations along the Cambodian border, looking for a furtive enemy who preferred ambushes to set-piece battles and nighttime raids to daylight attacks. Danger Close! recounts the Vietnam War from the unique boots-on-the-ground perspective of a young officer who served two tours in two different divisions. He tells his story thoughtfully, straightforwardly, and always vividly, from the raw emotions of unearthing massacred human beings to the terrors of fighting in the dark, with red and green tracers slicing the air. Hard to put down and hard to forget, Danger Close! will remind readers of the best Vietnam memoirs, like Guns Up! and Baptism.

Author : Myron J. Smith, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476616988

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Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters by Myron J. Smith, Jr. Pdf

From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War raged along the great rivers of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. While various Civil War biographies exist, none have been devoted exclusively to participants in the Western river war as waged down the Mississippi to the mouth of the Red River, and up the Ohio, the Tennessee and the Cumberland. Based on the Official Records, county histories, newspapers and internet sources, this is the first work to profile personnel involved in the fighting on these great streams. Included in this biographical encyclopedia are Union and Confederate naval officers down to the rank of mate; enlisted sailors who won the Medal of Honor, or otherwise distinguished themselves or who wrote accounts of life on the gunboats; army officers and leaders who played a direct role in combat along Western waters; political officials who influenced river operations; civilian steamboat captains and pilots who participated in wartime logistics; and civilian contractors directly involved, including shipbuilders, dam builders, naval constructors and munitions experts. Each of the biographies includes (where known) birth, death and residence data; unit organization or ship; involvement in the river war; pre- and post-war careers; and source documentation. Hundreds of individuals are given their first historic recognition.

Author : Barbara Schmitter Heisler
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476602110

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From German Prisoner of War to American Citizen by Barbara Schmitter Heisler Pdf

Among the many German immigrants to the United States over the years, one group is unusual: former prisoners of war who had spent between one and three years on American soil and who returned voluntarily as immigrants after the war. Drawing on archival sources and in-depth interviews with 35 former prisoners who made the return, the book outlines the conditions that defined their unusual experiences and traces their journeys from captive enemies to American citizens. Although the respondents came from different backgrounds, and arrived in America at different times between 1943 and 1945, their experiences as prisoners of war not only left an indelible impression, they also provided them with opportunities and resources that helped them leave Germany behind and return to the place "where we had the good life."

Author : Michael Dale Doubler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : UCSD:31822037799863

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Winged warriors by Michael Dale Doubler Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1344 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016135324

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Army by Anonim Pdf