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Author : Robert Frump
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781599216478
A riveting account of the greatest small-boat rescue in American history.
Author : Lawrence M. Kaplan
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813176062
After the United States declared war against Germany in April 1917, the US Army established the Tank Corps to help break the deadlock of trench warfare in France during World War I. The army envisioned having a large tank force by 1919, but when the war ended in November 1918, only three tank battalions had participated in combat operations. Shortly after, Brigadier General Samuel D. Rockenbach, Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) Tank Corps under General John J. Pershing, issued a memorandum to many of his officers to write brief accounts of their experiences that would supplement official records. Their narratives varied in size, scope, and depth, and covered a range of topics, including the organizing, training, and equipping of the tank corps. For the first time since these reports were submitted, Pershing's Tankers: Personal Accounts of the AEF Tank Corps in World War I presents an unprecedented look into the experiences of soldiers in the US Army Tank Corps. The book provides fresh insight into the establishment and combat operations of the tank corps, including six personal letters written by Colonel George S. Patton, Jr., who commanded a tank brigade in World War I. Congressional testimony, letters, and a variety of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles in this collection provide additional context to the officers' revealing accounts.Based on completely new sources that include official US Army personnel reports that were previously unknown to researchers, this illuminating work offers a vivid picture of life and activities in the US Army Tank Corps in France. Revealed is a rare glimpse into the thoughts and experiences of a broad cross-section of men from the senior leadership down to the platoon level, and a behind-the-scenes look into how this first generation of "tankers" helped develop new war-fighting capabilities for the US Army.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9785631120945
Author : Tom McCarthy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493027033
The Coast Guard’s rescue personnel are second to none, and Coast Guard air and sea rescue missions have been the subjects of celebrated newspaper accounts, books, and movies, including The Perfect Storm. The Coast Guard is one of the nation's five military services, which exist to defend and preserve the United States. In The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told, the editor has pulled together some of the finest writings about air and sea rescues that capture readers imaginations, culled from books, magazines, and elsewhere. It is an unforgettable collection, and includes stories by Kathryn Miles, Eric Hartlep, Gerald Hoover, Martha Laguardia-Kotite, Geoffrey D. Reynolds, Kalee Thompson, H. Paul Jeffers, and many others.
Author : Turner Publishing
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781563115585
Author : Gene Eric Salecker
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 857 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811703147
Although the history of armor in World War II has captured the attention of countless authors, no one has yet chronicled the extensive use of tanks in the Pacific--until now. In comprehensive detail Gene Eric Salecker describes the exploits of American tanks on the jungle islands where troops engaged in savage combat and encountered unforgiving weather and terrain. Stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked the islands in 1941, the U.S. Army's independent tank battalions fought from the very start of the war. From New Guinea and the Solomons to the Ryukyus, American armor proved instrumental in winning World War II in the Pacific.First work dedicated solely to the use of Army tanks in the Pacific Theater Covers armor battles in the Philippines, Makin, the Solomons, Rabaul, New Guinea, Saipan, Guam, and Okinawa
Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781616739690
This military history chronicles nearly a century of armored combat through firsthand accounts of soldiers from WWI to Iraq. Starting with the century’s first tanks as they entered no-man’s-land during World War I, War Stories of the Tankers continues through a century of military conflict, all the way to Operation Desert Storm. Here are the stories of green American tankers taking on massive and well-armored German Tigers and fighting through a screaming sea of Red Chinese soldiers in Korea. And here also are the personal tales of American tankers defending Western Europe from the threat of Soviet tanks during the Cold War. From the American soldiers who pitted their tanks against the Viet Cong in the jungles of Southeast Asia to those who put their lives on the line in the streets of Baghdad, these are the heroes of our time, taking that rare moment to tell us what it is like to face the enemy in tank warfare.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045559536
Author : Arthur Webster
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781469161778
For those who go down to sea in ships life has always been exciting but ever dangerous. Brutally treated, under paid and subjected to greed of the ship owners and misguided government policies that conspired to keep the seaman in a condition of poverty and near slavery. Change only came about with the advent of the of the Maritime Unions and World War II. But no sooner had the war ended conditions on American Merchant vessels began to revert the old ways. The ship owners, with Government acquiescence, began to register their fleets under foreign flags in an attempt to break the power of the maritime unions. This activity give rise to the continual, and bloody, labor disputes of the 60’s and 70’s. Those prolonged lockouts and strikes were finally responsible for the virtual demise of the Merchant Marine. So ended the dream for we who love the sea and had made it our lives.
Author : Thomas A. Sergent
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781452024820
A heart warming story of a career firefighter who tragically lost his wife in an accident and is left to raise his two children while balancing one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1326 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015018407810
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Maritime law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119510233
Considers legislation to authorize the construction and conversion of prototype ships, to authorize the Maritime Administration to conduct research and experimental work on ships, ships' propulsion and equipment, port facilities, and planning operation and cargo handling on ships at port; and authorize the Maritime Administration to require the filing of ship utilization and performance reports by operators of U.S. ships in foreign trade.
Author : Hans J. Wijers
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811735872
Presents the story of the 1st Infantry Division during the Battle of the Bulge, offering firsthand accounts from American and German soldiers.
Author : Lida Mayo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000017504
Author : Lida Mayo
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015085901521
Provides a description of how America's munitions reached U.S. and Allied troops and how Ordnance soldiers stored, maintained, supplied, and salvaged materiel in the major theaters of operations.