The other veterans of World War II : stories from behind the front lines / Rona Simmons.
"For decades, the dramatic stories of World War II soldiers have been the stuff of memoirs, interviews, novels, documentaries, and feature films. Yet the men and women who served in less visible roles, never engaging in physical combat, have received scant attention. Convinced that their depiction a...
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| Language: | English |
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Kent, Ohio :
The Kent State University Press,
[2020]
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| Physical Description: | xi, 256 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
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Other veterans of World War Two |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Prologue
- Maps
- Part 1. The Army knows best
- A platoon of students : William H. Schneidewind
- The man who wanted to fly : Joseph A. Kennedy
- Part 2. Across the sea and over the Hump
- Jack of all trades : Robert Gara Soulé
- Dressed in Mainbocher : Eleanor Millican Frye
- An athlete on the high seas : Francis Rae Surprenant
- Talking logistics : Ike Minkovitz
- Around the world : Louis C. Thompson
- Part 3. Keep 'em rolling and flying
- The man with a perfect record : George H. Keating
- With a welder's torch for a weapon : James K. Neyland
- One of five : Orin F. Buffington
- Bearing witness : William A. Scott III
- On foot, on horseback, or in a sampan : Jack T. Coyle
- Defying the odds : Howard O. King
- Part 4. Going home
- Inside the secret city : Joyce Maddox Lunsford Kellam
- Helping, helping, helping : Frank Cone
- To see the world : Josephine Sanner Davis
- A southern lady in the ranks : Marie Touart Stepp
- Innovating and improvising : Randell A. Bostwick
- An engineer among the headstones : Francis D. Peterson
- Epilogue.