Some Memories Of A Soldier

Author : Hugh Lenox Scott
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781839742873

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Some Memories of a Soldier by Hugh Lenox Scott Pdf

Some Memories of a Soldier, first published in 1928, is the autobiography of influential U.S. Army General Hugh Lenox Scott (1853-1934). This autobiography of General Hugh L. Scott was published in 1929. General Scott's career was impressive and influential to say the least. After graduating from West Point, Scott joined the Cavalry and filled one of the many vacancies after Custer's men were destroyed. In the Indian Wars, Scott learned the Sioux language and then also became fluent in a more widespread sign language that was used by several tribes. He successfully mediated several conflicts using these skills. In addition to spending time out West, he joined Leonard Wood in Cuba were he was a leading figure in the occupation. After that, he led troops in the Philippines where he was given one of the most challenging assignments that positioned him in Moro territory. By the end of his tenure there, the Moro people respected him so much that they gave him their most prized possession which was the first Koran ever to reach the islands. Scott describes these adventures as well as his duty in Fort Sill overseeing Geronimo's imprisonment, his superintendent duties at West Point, and his time as Chief of Staff as the country plunged into World War I. of particular interest to me, was the controversial friendship which he forged with Francisco Villa. When Villa attacked the US, he was forced to send Pershing into Mexico to disband the Villistas. Scott would ultimately choose Pershing to lead World War I and he developed the basics behind the selective service system. In short, this autobiography has something for everyone. The reader explores the adventure that was Scott's life. While Scott's name is far from being a household name, he saved many lives and should be remembered as a true hero. "Blessed are the Peacemakers" Included are 50 pages of photographs.

Author : Jules E. Blitz
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781477289143

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Mac, Brandy and Me World War Ii by Jules E. Blitz Pdf

This is the story of my life from ages eighteen to twenty-one, serving as an infantry soldier and radio operator in the European Theater during those years of combat against Germany during World War II. I am now eighty-six, looking back to those eventful years and remembering history. I grew up in the Bronx in New York in a wonderfully mixed neighborhood, full of Italian, Jewish, Polish, and Irish people and attended POS 89 along with all the other kids. We all walked to school together tossing a ball around and at times causing mischief, especially with a farmer and his goat along the way. Prejudice wasn't a word we know. At eighteen, in the early forties, I enlisted in the army and began a whole new life. These are some of my most vivid memories from that time. It is about a friendship that was formed with two other soldiers who I met at Camp Wheeler by sheer coincidence; we went into combat together and became lifelong friends: one Italian, one Jewish, and the other Irish. We fought together, laughed together, cried together, and bonded. We were kids who became soldiers together and never lost the kinship we had found. Lord, how I miss them both. England, France, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia-where else could an eighteen-year-old go free of charge, and with all his friends, too? And being on a huge passenger liner to boot ... well, there were a few problems but hey, that's the way it was. This is dedicated to those few of us who are still here and to all who didn't make it.

Author : Ene Kõresaar
Publisher : Brill Rodopi
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 904203243X

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Soldiers of Memory by Ene Kõresaar Pdf

Soldiers of Memory explores the complexities and ambiguities of World War II experience from the Estonian veterans' point of view. Since the end of World War II, contesting veteran cultures have developed on the basis of different war experiences and search for recognition in the public arena of history. The book reflects on this process by combining witness accounts with their critical analysis from the aspect of post-Soviet remembrance culture and politics. The first part of the book examines the persistent remembrance of World War II. Eight life stories of Estonian men are presented, revealing different war trajectories: mobilised between 1941 and 1944, the narrators served in the Red Army and its work battalions, fought against the Soviet Union in the Finnish Army, Waffen-SS, Luftwaffe, the German political police force and Wehrmacht, deserted from the Red Army, were held in German and Soviet prison and repatriation camps. The second part of the book offers a critical analysis of the stories from a multidisciplinary point of view: what were the possible life trajectories for an Estonian soldier under Soviet and German occupations in the 1940s? How did the soldiers cope with the extreme conditions of the Soviet rear? How are the veterans' memories situated in terms of different memory regimes and what is their position in the post-Soviet Estonian society? What role does ethnic and generational identity play in the formation of veterans' war remembrance? How do individuals cope with war trauma and guilt in life stories? Offering a wide range of empirical material and its critical analysis, Soldiers of Memory will be important for military, oral and cultural historians, sociologists, cultural psychologists, and anybody with an interest in the history of World War II, post/communism, and cultural construction of memory in contemporary Eastern European societies.

Author : Ryan Flavelle
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781443407199

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The Patrol by Ryan Flavelle Pdf

In 2008, Ryan Flavelle, a reservist in the Canadian Army and a student at the University of Calgary, volunteered to serve in Afghanistan. For seven months, twenty-four-year-old Flavelle, a signaller attached to the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, endured the extreme heat, the long hours and the occasional absurdity of life as a Canadian soldier in this new war so far from home. Flavelle spent much of his time at a Canadian Forward Operating Base (FOB), living among his fellow soldiers and occasionally going outside the wire. For one sevenday period, Flavelle went into Taliban country, always walking in the footsteps of the man ahead of him, meeting Afghans and watching behind every mud wall for a sign of an enemy combatant. The Patrol is a gritty, boots-on-the-ground memoir of a soldier’s experience in the Canadian Forces in the 21st century. It is about why we fight, why men and women choose such a dangerous and demanding job, and what their lives are like when they find themselves back in our ordinary world.

Author : Alice M. Hoffman,Howard S. Hoffman
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813187426

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Archives of Memory by Alice M. Hoffman,Howard S. Hoffman Pdf

"Tell me about the war"—these words launched a ten-year project in oral history by a husband-and-wife team. Howard Hoffman fought in World War II from Cassino to the Elbe as a mortar crewman and a forward observer. His war experiences are of intrinsic interest to readers who seek a foot soldier's view of those historic events. But the principal purpose of this study was to explore the bounds of memory, to gauge its accuracy and its stability over time, and to determine the effects of various efforts to enhance it. Alice Hoffman, a historian, initiated the study because she recognized the critical role of memory in gathering oral history; Howard Hoffman, the subject, is an experimental psychologist. Alice's tape-recorded interviews with her husband over a period of ten years are the basic material of the study, which compares the events as recounted in the first phase of the interviews with later accounts of the same experiences and with the written records of his company as well as the memories of fellow soldiers and the evidence of photographs and other documents. This engrossing story of World War II breaks new ground for practitioners of oral history. The Hoffmans' findings indicate that a subset of human memory exists that is so permanent and resistant to change that it can properly be labeled "archival". In addition to describing some of the circumstances under which archival memories are formed, the Hoffmans describe the conditions that were found to influence their storage and retrieval.

Author : Sydney Henry Jones- Parry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : India
ISBN : HARVARD:32044081160277

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An Old Soldier's Memories by Sydney Henry Jones- Parry Pdf

Author : Ishmael Beah
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780143190363

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A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah Pdf

At the age of twelve, Ishmael Beah fled attacking rebels in Sierra Leone and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. At sixteen, he was removed from fighting by UNICEF, and through the help of the staff at his rehabilitation center, he learned how to forgive himself, to regain his humanity, and, finally, to heal. This is an extraordinary and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.

Author : Eileen Welsome
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0316069582

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The General and the Jaguar by Eileen Welsome Pdf

Pulitzer Prize winner Welsome's gripping, panoramic story reveals a vicious surprise attack on the United States and America's hunt for the perpetrator, Pancho Villa.

Author : Dorothy Fall
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781612343198

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Bernard Fall by Dorothy Fall Pdf

Bernard Fall wrote the classics Street Without Joy and Hell in a Very Small Place, which detailed the French experience in Vietnam. One of the first (and the best-informed) Western observers to say that the United States could not win there either, he was killed in Vietnam in 1967 while accompanying a Marine platoon. Written by his widow Dorothy, Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar tells the story of this courageous and influential Frenchman, who experienced many of the major events of the twentieth century. His mother perished at Auschwitz, his father was killed by the Gestapo, and he himself fought in the Resistance. It focuses, however, on Vietnam and on two love stories. The first details Fall's love for Vietnam and his efforts to save the country from destruction and the United States from disaster. The second shows a husband and father dedicated to a cause that continuously lured him away from those he loved. With a foreword by the late David Halberstam.

Author : H. S. Clapham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Soldiers
ISBN : OCLC:59705639

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Mud and Khaki by H. S. Clapham Pdf

Author : Douglas V. Meed
Publisher : Halcyon Press Ltd.
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781931823050

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Soldier of Fortune by Douglas V. Meed Pdf

Soldier of Fortune traces the bold and adventurous career of Emil Holmdahl, one of that swashbuckling breed of mercenaries growing out of the United States' imperialistic years during the early twentieth century. Following Holmdahl from the Philippine Insurrection, through the "banana wars" in Central America, onto the bloody stage of the Mexican Revolution and World War I, Douglas Meed captures the drama and adventure not only of Holmdahl, but of the United States' quest to become a major world power. Holmdahl's adventures in Mexico shed new light on revolutionary activities and the struggle for power, including the death of revolutionary leader Francisco "Pancho" Villa. Meed suggests that Holmdahl may have been the man who opened Villa's grave, cut off his head, and sold it to a Mexican general. The author captures the excitement and spirit of adventure in those bloody years, while Holmdahl's life mirrors the end of one era and the beginning of another -- from the twilight of the era of horse-driven armies to the age of industrial warfare. Soldier of Fortune is a fascinating account of a bygone age, and forms a distinctive addition to the annals of the American Southwest. Book jacket.

Author : Henry Chew,Neil Jopson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1781322201

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Memories from the Front Line by Henry Chew,Neil Jopson Pdf

When World War One broke out in 1914, the British government called for volunteers to fight for King and Country. Over a million men rushed to join this volunteer army, hoping for a great adventure. Henry Chew was one of those young men. Follow his travels from Scotland to Egypt, Egypt to the Somme, through the mud and the hellish battles in France and Belgium that nearly cost him his life. Written in his own words, this is a powerful account of one man and his journey through the events that shaped the twentieth century. It is the voice of the ordinary soldier, both gripping and moving, but always with a touch of genuine humour. Henry Theophilus Chew (Harry Chew) was from Nelson in Lancashire, and at the outbreak of war in 1914 he went to Edinburgh to join the Royal Scots. Although no one knows why he chose that particular Regiment, family legend has it (instead of does say) that he was too young to join up, and did what so many did at that time: lied about his age. Neil Michael Jopson is Harry Chew's great grandson. As a small boy he loved to sit reading the memoir that Harry Chew had written, and swore that one day he would see it published. A school teacher originally from Burnley in Lancashire, he has worked in Australia and London. He is also trying his hand at his own writing.

Author : G J 1859-1944 Younghusband
Publisher : War College Series
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1297487060

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A Soldier's Memories in Peace and War - War College Series by G J 1859-1944 Younghusband Pdf

This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections.We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.

Author : George Younghusband
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1333748736

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A Soldier's Memories by George Younghusband Pdf

Excerpt from A Soldier's Memories: In Peace and War One in Six are Fighting Men - The Soldier's Medal - A Boy in his First Battle - Reveille - The colour-sergeant - Cavalry and Horse Artillery Move Ofi - Enemy's counter-attack - Arrival of Infantry - First Casualties - david and Goliath - A Drama in Seconds The Cavalry! The Cavalry! - The Guides Charge - The roth Hussars Charge - The Pursuit - Victory And After - A Cavalry Subaltern - His First Experience - A Deadly Ordeal - The war-horse in the Bible - Manoeuvring for Position - Charged by a Lancer - A Collision - Saved by a Sowar - The Trumpeter's White Horse - Charging With Long Hair Streaming in the Wind - Single Engagements - The Rally E - Back to Camp - Cheered by the Infantry The Green. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Author : Harold F. Kratch
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781600344374

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One Soldier's Memories by Harold F. Kratch Pdf

Kratch recalls his interests, fears, and amusing situations during his service in two wars, and offers an opinion about the country being unprepared for the "old" wars. (Practical Life)