Download or read book Steve s Story World War II Through the Eyes of a Signal Corpsman written by Steve Buzzelli and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2020-05-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the last soldiers of World War II say their goodbyes, the stories of their experiences go with them. Have you ever wondered what WW II was REALLY like? Does Hollywood really capture the essence of life at war in their block busters? What were the days really like for humble privates in the Army trying to do their best to answer their country's call to war? "Steve's Story" lays it out, day by day, month by month, year after year. Based on a war diary kept by a Signal Corpsman during his nearly 3 years of duty and brought to life with his photographs and postcards, this book will introduce you to the day in and day out activities during the war. With historical context and perspective of the war added to the journal entries, you will come to know and understand what survival at war was really like. The joy at being able to bathe after weeks of living in mud, the lack of movement with endless days waiting for orders, and the delightful discovery of an abandoned wine factory are just a few of the ups and downs related on these pages. While this book was produced primarily for the preservation of family history, those of you with an interest in the mundane affairs of war or the work of the Army Signal Corps may also enjoy going on this journey into World War II.

Download or read book Through the Eyes of a Signal Corpsman written by Charles Bowman and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Getting the message through A Branch History of the U S Army Signal Corps written by Rebecca Robbins Raines and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1996 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting the Message Through, the companion volume to Rebecca Robbins Raines' Signal Corps, traces the evolution of the corps from the appointment of the first signal officer on the eve of the Civil War, through its stages of growth and change, to its service in Operation DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM. Raines highlights not only the increasingly specialized nature of warfare and the rise of sophisticated communications technology, but also such diverse missions as weather reporting and military aviation. Information dominance in the form of superior communications is considered to be sine qua non to modern warfare. As Raines ably shows, the Signal Corps--once considered by some Army officers to be of little or no military value--and the communications it provides have become integral to all aspects of military operations on modern digitized battlefields. The volume is an invaluable reference source for anyone interested in the institutional history of the branch.

Download or read book The Signal Corps written by George Raynor Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Signal Corps written by George Raynor Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Signal Corps written by Dulany Terrett and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book In the Blink of an Eye written by Judy Cooley and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2024-05-13 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My parents were great influences in my life. From my mom, I learned optimism. I never saw my mom in a bad mood. She was always happy and looked at the good side of everyone and everything. When she wanted a fireplace, she substituted as a mail carrier and after a year, was able to buy it. Once when thinking she and Dad might get a new car, a fire prevented it. Dad was a logger, and the logs on the cold deck of the lumber mill had burned up, which prevented him from paying his workers with the money he would have received. Neither parent mentioned it to us kids, and nothing changed in their behavior. They never talked to us kids about money, having it or not having it. Mom cooked, sewed our clothes, painted the walls inside our home, and always found a way to make something out of nothing. Our parents took in an AFS student: Olga, Job Corps girls, Japanese students, and others, which had a big influence on me. I remember her sending packages to her pen pals in Europe after WWII. Family was the most important to her. Mom took us to visit her parents and their siblings and her siblings. We learned stories about all of them. We lived minutes from my father's family and got to know and love them, too. So many stories to tell. In fact, when my little granddaughter, Natasha, spent the night with me, she always asked for the stories. What fun! She always asked for the stories about the people (the relatives).

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Download or read book Integration of the Armed Forces 1940 1965 written by Morris J. MacGregor and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1981 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CMH Pub 50-1-1. Defense Studies Series. Discusses the evolution of the services' racial policies and practices between World War II and 1965 during the period when black servicemen and women were integrated into the Nation's military units.

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Download or read book Dear Mom Dad Ethel written by Mark Stuart Ellison and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I enjoyed Dear Mom, Dad & Ethel so much I could hardly put it down. It ought to be widely read as an excellent way of recalling World War II." -Hans L. Trefousse Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History Brooklyn College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York "Dear Mom, Dad & Ethel paints an absorbing picture of the daily life of America's greatest generation. Vets will find themselves reliving their own experiences-the boredom, the loneliness, the fear, and the role of fate in life and death. For the rest of us, Dear Mom, Dad & Ethel is social history at its best." -Dr. Stanley J. Michalak Senior Associate, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia Professor Emeritus of Government, Franklin and Marshall College "A vivid story brought to realistic life." -Midwest Book Review "Dear Mom, Dad & Ethel delicately mixes fiction and history to tell the story of an American air corpsman during World War II. His precious letters enhance a grand book deserving warm appreciation. People from my hometown will be as moved and fascinated as many Americans who will, no doubt, eagerly read it." -Jacques Wynants, Belgian Historian Author of Verviers 1940 and Verviers Libéré PLOT SUMMARY On October 7, l942, Don Quix enlists in the Air Corps. He's slated to be an aerial gunner, but his flying dreams are shattered when he's caught AWOL with buddy Ken Jackson. Don manages to become a radio truck supervisor in a fighter control squadron while Ken goes to a demolition unit. As an army engineer, Ken barely survives D-Day on Normandy's "Bloody Omaha." During a baseball game in a French forest, Don moves his head slightly, saving himself from a sniper's bullet. Arriving in Verviers, Belgium in September 1944, Don and his fellow radio men endure frequent buzz bomb attacks. Due to a miscalculation in army strategy, they find themselves on the front lines during the Battle of the Bulge. Don's reunion with Ken, now a tech sergeant with a bomb disposal outfit, is marred by tragedy, dampening Don's torrid love affair with beautiful seamstress Denise Vervier. Denise's husband, sent to a forced labor camp in 1940, is presumed dead. When he unexpectedly returns, Don and Denise face a heartbreaking choice.

Download or read book Marine Corps Manual 1940 written by United States. Marine Corps and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Operator 5 written by Curtis Steele and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jimmy Christopher leads a double life as Operative #5, a secret government agent authorized to act with impunity against the United States' enemies. In the first story in the series, Jimmy Christopher faces off against the Masked Empire, an organization that threatens the very existance of the United States with a super-weapon capable of plunging an entire region into total darkness -- with no ability to use electrical machinery!