Author : ROBERT G. LOWERY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1435755448
LETTERS FROM THE FRONT
ROBERT G. LOWERY
Letters From The Front A Year In The Life Of An Infantryman
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Letters From the Front: A Year in the Life of an Infantryman
Robert G. Lowery
Author : Robert G. Lowery
Publisher : Merriam Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Children of military personnel
ISBN : 9781576383414
Letters From the Front: A Year in the Life of an Infantryman by Robert G. Lowery Pdf
Details H.A. Lowery's career using his son's commentary, family history and photos, military honors and decorations, and the letters to his wife and sons. The letters contained within provide a one-sided portrait of H.A. Lowery as a young man during a thirteen-month period between February 23, 1943 and March 25, 1944, as his wife's letters to him didn't survive.
Letters of a Soldier, 1914-1915 (WWI Centenary Series)
Anon
Author : Anon
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473368576
Letters of a Soldier, 1914-1915 (WWI Centenary Series) by Anon Pdf
"The letters that follow are those of a young painter who was at the front from September [1914] till the beginning of April [1915]; at the latter date he was missing in one of the battles of the Argonne. Are we to speak of him in the present tense or in the past? We know not: since the day when the last mud-stained paper reached them, announcing the attack in which he was to vanish, what a close weight of silence for those who during eight months lived upon these almost daily letters! But for how many women, how many mothers, is a grief like this to-day a common lot!" This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute to mark the passing of one of the world's bloodiest wars, offering new perspectives on this tragic yet fascinating period of human history. Each publication also includes brand new introductory essays and a timeline to help the reader place the work in its historical context.
A Soldier Of France To His Mother; Letters From The Trenches On The Western Front
Eugène-Emmanuel Lemercier
Author : Eugène-Emmanuel Lemercier
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892922
A Soldier Of France To His Mother; Letters From The Trenches On The Western Front by Eugène-Emmanuel Lemercier Pdf
The story of a renowned French painter who volunteered for the Army during the First World War paints a vivid picture of the horror at the front in his letters home written before his death in 1915. “A Bestseller, remarkable for the horrors of the western front conveyed in a spirit of self-sacrifice and filial love.”- A Companion to World War One ed. John Horne, Blackwell Publishing, 2012 “THE following letters were written by a young French painter who was at the front until the beginning of April, 1915, when he “disappeared” in one of the combats in the Argonne region of France. “Should he be spoken of in the present or in the past?” asks M. André Chevrillon , a friend of the soldier’s family, in the preface to the French edition of this book. “Since the day when his mother and grandmother received from him his last communication, a post card bespattered with mud which announced the attack in which he fell, what a tragic silence for these two women who, during eight months, had lived only with these letters, which came almost daily. In his studio, among the pictures in which this young man had fixed his dreams and his visions of an artist, I have seen, piously arranged on a table, all the little square white sheets of this correspondence. What a speechless presence! I did not know then what a soul was there transcribed in these messages to the family hearth - a fully formed soul, which, if it had lived, I feel sure would have spread its fame and its influence far beyond this little home circle and radiated a-wide among the hearts of men.””
Letters From The Trenches
Bill Lamin
Author : Bill Lamin
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843178330
Letters From The Trenches by Bill Lamin Pdf
Harry Lamin was born in Derbyshire in 1877 and left school at thirteen to work in the lace industry, but by December 1916 he had been conscripted into the 9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment and sent to war. Harry's letters home to his family describe the conflict with a poignant immediacy, even ninety years on, detailing everything from the action in battle to the often amusing incidents of life amongst his comrades. Throughout the letters, Harry's tone is unwaveringly stoical, uncomplaining and good humoured. Letters From The Trenches is a fitting tribute to the unsung heroes of the Great War who fought and endured and returned home, and the one in six who did not. The letters describe the war through the eyes of those who really lived it, bringing the horrors and triumphs to life for the twenty-first-century reader. Edited by Harry's grandson, Bill, Letters From The Trenches tells the moving story of a brave, selfless and honourable man who endured everything that the war could throw at him, and still came up smiling.
Pens and Bayonets
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Wakefield Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781743056103
Pens and Bayonets by Anonim Pdf
Pens and Bayonets gives voice to the young Australia soldiers who volunteered to fight for our freedom in the Great War. They answered the call willingly, with many thinking it may be all over before they got there. How wrong they were. South Australia, and Yorke Peninsula in particular, were proud to provide soldiers for their country. The letters were written during quiet periods and give us an insight and sometimes graphic account of the day-to-day encounters during the Gallipoli campaign and various offensives on the Western Front and Palestine. Communication options abound in the modern age, but imagine the challenges of 100 years ago, with your son, brother, uncle or nephew on the other side of the world, fighting in what we now know to be horrendous conditions, writing a letter home. It would take months for the letter to arrive. With the letter came a connection with family that gave a belief that their loved ones were safe and, importantly, the needed hope that the end of the Great War would bring them home. The letters the soldiers received, many weeks after being written, gave comfort and solace to these men, and provided their only contact with loved ones. Don Longo has gathered many of these moving letters, and set them in their historical context, to bring these soldiers back to life.
Georges Vanier: Soldier
Georges Vanier
Author : Georges Vanier
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781550029109
Georges Vanier: Soldier by Georges Vanier Pdf
East Sandling Camp. 1 June 1915 "Captain Boyer and I are leaving for London to buy a motor car for the regiment. We will be staying at the Savoy." Flanders. 27 October 1915. Diary entry: 4:00 p.m. "Returned to the trenches. After two days of rain, they are in a deplorable state. There is mud up to our knees. The parapets have collapsed in several spots. The nights are frigid, our feet are cold, and we have not yet received our supplies of wood and charcoal." In the field. 1 August 1918. "You will pardon the brevity and the looseness of this letter when you know under what conditions it has been written. What you wish to know above all I can tell you at once. I am well - in fact I do not think I have ever been quite so well in body and in spirit. I have been protected in a special manner during the last three days. I have seen so many narrow escapes myself that I am beginning to think that one should not worry much about possible eventualities." No. 8 British Red Cross Hospital, Boulogne. 6 September 1918. "By this time you will have received reassuring cablegrams and field postcards and possibly letters from friends of mine. "First, to be quite frank, I will admit that I have not been in fit condition to write a coherent letter ..."
"The Good Soldier", a Selection of Soldiers Letters
N P Ed Dawson
Author : N P Ed Dawson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1022455842
"The Good Soldier", a Selection of Soldiers Letters by N P Ed Dawson Pdf
This book is a powerful collection of letters written by soldiers throughout history, exploring the joys and struggles of military life. From the soldiers in the trenches of World War I to the American soldiers on the front lines in Vietnam, these letters offer a unique perspective on war and its impact on those who fight it. An essential read for history buffs and military enthusiasts alike. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Dear Folks
George Kessel
Author : George Kessel
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1425785999
Dear Folks by George Kessel Pdf
A Soldier Unafraid - Letters From The Trenches On The Alsatian Front
Captain André Cornet-Auquier
Author : Captain André Cornet-Auquier
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782891796
A Soldier Unafraid - Letters From The Trenches On The Alsatian Front by Captain André Cornet-Auquier Pdf
Nearly 1.7 million French soldiers died in the First World War fighting for their homeland against the invading German Armies; it is difficult to comprehend that hecatomb. It is indeed difficult to comprehend that many lost lives, perhaps the only way to do so is in representative figures such as the Unknown Soldier or by the many memoirs and diaries that have been left behind. One such diary is that of Captain André Cornet-Auquier, a passionate but moral man, well-known for his leadership skills in and bravery on the battlefield. The conditions in which he served on the Alsace front were always tough, being often within forty-five yards of the enemy’s front lines, his faith in his cause and God sustained him even in the most trying situations. Despite being in the front line fighting for so long his luck ran out in February 1916, mortally wounded by a shell splinter. A symbol of French stoicism and courage he died beloved by his men, one of his sergeants said “It is not a spectacle often witnessed, — that of soldiers, accustomed to face death, weeping like children as they stood round his bier.”
Thy Son Liveth
Grace Duffie Boylan
Author : Grace Duffie Boylan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0359749283
Thy Son Liveth by Grace Duffie Boylan Pdf
The moving and eloquent letters of a young American soldier fighting in the maelstrom of the Western Front in World War One are an uplifting example of the human spirit. Published in 1919, less than a year after the terrible conflict ended, this book is an amalgamation of a series of letters written by a young soldier. Addressing his mother with well-mannered affection and devotion, the author describes the conditions on the front; his fond memories of childhood; his fellow company of soldiers; and the auxiliary and medical support. Brimming with youthful exuberance and confidence, the author demonstrates a gift for words and poetic eloquence, alluding on occasion to the great writers he'd read. Convinced of the eternal and undying power of the human struggle, a memorable reflection of this brave soldier runs as follows: "There is no death. Life goes on without hindrance or handicap. The one thing that troubles the men who come here is the fact that the ones that loved them are in agony."
Letters to a Soldier
David A. Falvey
Author : David A. Falvey
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0761456376
Letters to a Soldier by David A. Falvey Pdf
The letters between a young solider in Iraq and a class in Long Island
War Letters
Andrew Carroll
Author : Andrew Carroll
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439107317
War Letters by Andrew Carroll Pdf
In 1998, Andrew Carroll founded the Legacy Project, with the goal of remembering Americans who have served their nation and preserving their letters for posterity. Since then, over 50,000 letters have poured in from around the country. Nearly two hundred of them comprise this amazing collection -- including never-before-published letters that appear in the new afterword. Here are letters from the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf war, Somalia, and Bosnia -- dramatic eyewitness accounts from the front lines, poignant expressions of love for family and country, insightful reflections on the nature of warfare. Amid the voices of common soldiers, marines, airmen, sailors, nurses, journalists, spies, and chaplains are letters by such legendary figures as Gen. William T. Sherman, Clara Barton, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernie Pyle, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Julia Child, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, and Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Collected in War Letters, they are an astonishing historical record, a powerful tribute to those who fought, and a celebration of the enduring power of letters.
A Fine View of the Show
Hector Jackson,Andrew Jackson
Author : Hector Jackson,Andrew Jackson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780557062256
A Fine View of the Show by Hector Jackson,Andrew Jackson Pdf
A first-hand glimpse into daily life on the Western Front that is riveting, informative and poignant. Hector Jackson left his family's British Columbia farm in 1915 to fight in World War I. Recounted through 130 descriptive letters, Jackson's idealistic adventure descended into the gritty reality of trench warfare when, as a newly-commissioned officer, he was catapulted into the Battle of the Somme. Against the odds, Jackson survived many of the great battles of the Western Front, to be awarded the Military Cross for gallantry under fire at Passchendaele and rise to the rank of captain. Gassed just ten days before the war ended, he joined the river of wounded flowing from the battlefield. Photographs illustrate the unique story told in these letters, from Jackson's farm life, through military training, to the grim existence of the Western Front. Andrew Jackson's introduction and historical narrative, along with helpful notes, weave these letters into a dramatic chronicle.
A Letter Marked Free
Robert Lynch
Author : Robert Lynch
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 9781608444199
A Letter Marked Free by Robert Lynch Pdf
A Letter Marked Free is the true story of a young combat soldier on the battlefield in World War II as told through his letters home to his family. The letters powerfully portray life on the front lines and the vivid accounts reveal the intense hardships endured for the cause of freedom. Bob Lynch was nineteen and living in Rye, NY, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in the 3rd Infantry Division as a combat rifleman, light machine-gunner, and mortarman. Bob was wounded and missing in action (MIA) behind enemy lines for over 10 days. He received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Combat Infantryman Badge, along with many other honors. He participated in first-wave amphibious assault landings on Anzio, Italy, and St. Tropez, France, and accumulated an incredible 350 days in frontline combat. Bob was awarded the French Legion of Honor in January 2007 in recognition and gratitude for his role in the liberation of France. He received France's highest decoration "for outstanding valor and service during WWII." Previously, he had been awarded the French Croix de Guerre with Palm twice and coveted fourragere. Experience living conditions in a foxhole, go on patrol behind enemy lines, cross minefields, hold your buddy as his life ebbs away, wade through icy water in the dead of winter, and crawl on your belly directly into machine-gun fire. Witness the pent-up emotions as U.S. soldiers free one French town after another. Hear church bells chime their message of freedom and watch people pour into the streets. Drink wine, laugh, dance, hug, and cry with them. Realize that you probably won't make it home alive and pray to God and your guardian angel every day that you do. Read the chilling letters of a combat infantryman soldier in WWII who continuously faced death and survived. This is Bob's courageous story.
