Download or read book The Rhode Island Gunners written by G. C. Sumner and published by Leonaur Limited. This book was released on 2015-11-07 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four accounts of Union gunners in action Posterity has been fortunate in that many participants in the war between the states, the American Civil War, decided to write books about their experiences and also about the regiments or corps in which they served. Today, every perspective on those pivotal events is invaluable because, inevitably, the time has come when they are a finite resource for historians to study. However, there is nothing more important for historians than the cross-referenced detail in several books on the same subject, by different authors, to provide a verifiable and accurate view of events. This book, written by former members of the Rhode Island Artillery, brings together in a single volume four recollections of the Civil War the Union gunners knew. Battery D of the First Rhode Island Light Artillery saw much action in the course of the war notably at Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredricksburg, the Wilderness, Fishers Hill and Cedar Creek among other engagements. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Download or read book Untold Stories from World War II Rhode Island written by Christian McBurney and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the success of World War II Rhode Island, author Christian McBurney returns, with new coauthors Norman Desmarais and Varoujan Karentz, to present extraordinary personal stories of local contributions to the war effort. From John F. Kennedy's training as a PT boat commander at Melville to George H.W. Bush's training as a pilot at Charlestown, the smallest state played an oversized role preparing navy officers and sailors. Important innovations are credited here too. Radar used on night-flying aircraft was developed at Jamestown's Spraycliff Observatory and tested at Charlestown, and at Davisville, Seabees developed a pontoon aircraft landing field tested on Narragansett Bay. Scituate was home to the nation's most successful spy listening station. After these and more captivating stories are revealed, the final chapter details existing World War II sites across the state readers can visit.
Download or read book Personal Narratives of Events in the War of the Rebellion written by Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reminiscences of the Old Navy from the Journals and Private Papers of Captain Edward Trenchard and Rear Admiral Stephen Decatur Trenchard written by Edgar Stanton Maclay and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Eye for Glory written by Karl Bacon and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Palmer has grown accustomed to the comforts of prosperity and a happy home. Yet, believing he has been created for some nobler calling, he enlists in the Union Army. He leaves all to take up a life of toil, hardship, and danger in the battlefields of America's Civil War, changing him forever.
Download or read book Reminiscences of the Old Navy written by Edgar Stanton Maclay and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Also for Glory written by Don Ernsberger and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A High School and College instructor for thirty years in history and philosophy, Don Ernsberger worked on Capitol Hill for seven years as a Deputy Chief of Staff. In Washington DC he had excellent access to National Archive and the Library of Congress resources. This book is a result of three years of research.
Download or read book Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps and Reserve Officers on Active Duty written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Charter and the Acts and Laws of His Majesties Colony of Rhode Island and Prividence Plantations in America 1719 written by Rhode Island and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps written by United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Begun and Holden at Within and for the Said State on in the Year of Our Lord written by Rhode Island and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rhode Island in the Colonial Wars written by Howard M. Chapin and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Air Gunner written by Alan W. Cooper and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been several books published about the wartime experiences of individual air gunners but there is no general history of Air Gunners, their equipment, training or service in the various RAF Commands in which they served. This book explains in great detail how and why the trade of air gunner was developed at the outset of World War II. Chapters include the history of the guns and turrets, the famous gunners, outstanding bravery during major raids, flying with Coastal Command, Bomber Command and overseas operations. It also includes the history of Air Gunners who became prisoners of war, outstanding bravery awards and American air gunners such as Clark Gable, John Huston and Charlton Heston. It includes many first-hand accounts of wartime combat as seen from the gun turret in the heat of battle. Air Gunners, tail-end Charleys in particular, have always been popular wartime heroes as they flew in their isolated positions protecting their aircraft from enemy fighter attack in the skies over war torn Europe.
Download or read book Rhody Redlegs written by Robert Grandchamp and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formed in 1801 to protect sea captains against attack from the British navy and Barbary Pirates, the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery remains one of the most famed regiments in the U.S. Army. It distinguished itself during the War of 1812, the Dorr Rebellion, and in nearly every major engagement of the Civil War. After assuming the identity of the 103d Field Artillery Regiment of the Rhode Island National Guard, the unit battled amid the carnage of the Western Front in World War I, fought the enemy in the mosquito- infested South Pacific islands during World War II, and weathered the scorching deserts of Iraq in the twenty-first century. Based on extensive primary research and interviews with veterans of the corps, this narrative offers an insider's look at the illustrious regiment in its first full history.
Download or read book Reports Presented to the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations written by Rhode Island and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps written by United States. Navy and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
