Download or read book Chester County 1882 Tennessee 1995 written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Victors written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-07-15 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From America’s preeminent military historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes the definitive telling of the war in Europe, from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to the end, eleven months later, on May 7, 1945. This authoritative narrative account is drawn by the author himself from his five acclaimed books about that conflict, most particularly from the definitive and comprehensive D-Day and Citizen Soldiers, about which the great Civil War historian James McPherson wrote, “If there is a better book about the experience of GIs who fought in Europe during World War II, I have not read it. Citizen Soldiers captures the fear and exhilaration of combat, the hunger and cold and filth of the foxholes, the small intense world of the individual rifleman as well as the big picture of the European theater in a manner that grips the reader and will not let him go. No one who has not been there can understand what combat is like but Stephen Ambrose brings us closer to an understanding than any other historian has done.” The Victors also includes stories of individual battles, raids, acts of courage and suffering from Pegasus Bridge, an account of the first engagement of D-Day, when a detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defense forces and paved the way for the Allied invasion; and from Band of Brothers, an account of an American rifle company from the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment who fought, died, and conquered, from Utah Beach through the Bulge and on to Hitter's Eagle’s Nest in Germany. Stephen Ambrose is also the author of Eisenhower, the greatest work on Dwight Eisenhower, and one of the editors of the Supreme Allied Commander's papers. He describes the momentous decisions about how and where the war was fought, and about the strategies and conduct of the generals and officers who led the invasion and the bloody drive across Europe to Berlin. But, as always with Stephen E. Ambrose, it is the ranks, the ordinary boys and men, who command his attention and his awe. The Victors tells their stories, how citizens became soldiers in the best army in the world. Ambrose draws on thousands of interviews and oral histories from government and private archives, from the high command—Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton—on down through officers and enlisted men, to re-create the last year of the Second World War when the Allied soldiers pushed the Germans out of France, chased them across Germany, and destroyed the Nazi regime.
Download or read book The Centennial Senator written by Robert J. Duke Short and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of US Senator J Strom Thurmond of South Carolina through personal reflections from more than one hundred fifty friends, staffers, colleagues, and constituents.
Download or read book The Dixon Dickson Families and Their Ancestry written by Betty Jo Green and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Remains of War written by Thomas M. Hawley and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-13 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ongoing effort of the United States to account for its missing Vietnam War soldiers is unique. The United States requires the repatriation and positive identification of soldiers’ bodies to remove their names from the list of the missing. This quest for certainty in the form of the material, identified body marks a dramatic change from previous wars, in which circumstantial evidence often sufficed to account for missing casualties. In The Remains of War, Thomas M. Hawley considers why the body of the missing soldier came to assume such significance in the wake of the Vietnam War. Illuminating the relationship between the effort to account for missing troops and the political and cultural forces of the post-Vietnam era, Hawley argues that the body became the repository of the ambiguities and anxieties surrounding the U.S. involvement and defeat in Southeast Asia. Hawley combines the theoretical insights of Judith Butler, Michel Foucault, and Emmanuel Levinas with detailed research into the history of the movement to recover the remains of soldiers missing in Vietnam. He examines the practices that constitute the Defense Department’s accounting protocol: the archival research, archaeological excavation, and forensic identification of recovered remains. He considers the role of the American public and the families of missing soldiers in demanding the release of pows and encouraging the recovery of the missing; the place of the body of the Vietnam veteran within the war’s legacy; and the ways that memorials link individual bodies to the body politic. Highlighting the contradictions inherent in the recovery effort, Hawley reflects on the ethical implications of the massive endeavor of the American government and many officials in Vietnam to account for the remains of American soldiers.
Download or read book Our Documents written by United States. National Archives and Records Administration and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-07-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book North Carolina s Shining Hour written by David La Vere and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from the accounts of those who lived it, this powerful chronicle of our state during World War II commemorates the extraordinary actions of ordinary North Carolinians on the battlefield and the home front, the indomitable spirit of a patriotic people in a time of peril and sacrifice, and the ways in which the Good War changed us forever. An extensive collection of photographs the majority of which have never been published complements this snapshot of North Carolina in wartime and honors our states heroic contributions to the nations efforts to secure peace in the world.
Download or read book Martin Martin written by James David Martin and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Martin, son of Shadrack Martin and Jean McKnees, was probably born in Virginia in about 1755. The family was living in South Carolina by 1771. Martin fought in the American Revolution. He married Dicey Hicks and they had ten children. Martin died 24 February 1837. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky and Texas.
Download or read book World War Veterans Legislation written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation. Subcommittee on Hospitals and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stephen E Ambrose The Men of War E book Box Set written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 1221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ebook box set includes books by Stephen E. Ambrose that bring into focus the men and women who fought in World War II. The Victors: A breathtaking work that follows the momentous events of the war from D-Day through to the final days, centering this epic drama on the citizen soldiers, the boys who became men as they fought, proving eventually unbeatable. A compelling celebration of military genius and heroism, and of camaraderie and courage. Citizen Soldiers: A riveting account that follows the individual characters of World War II, from the high command down to the ordinary soldier, drawing on hundreds of interviews to re-create the war experience with startling clarity and immediacy. From the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany, this is the real story of World War II from the perspective of the men and women who fought it. Wild Blue: Following this exceptional band of brothers, the young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II against terrible odds, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary brand of heroism, skill, daring, and comradeship with the vivid detail and affection.
Download or read book The Baseball Necrology written by Bill Lee and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his playing career, a baseball player's every action on the field is documented--every at bat, every hit, every pitch. But what becomes of a player after he leaves the game? This exhaustive reference work briefly details the post-baseball lives of some 7,600 major leaguers, owners, managers, administrators, umpires, sportswriters, announcers and broadcasters who are now deceased. Each entry tells the date and place of the player's birth, the number of seasons he spent in the majors, the primary position he played, the number of seasons he spent as a manager in the majors (if applicable), his post-baseball career and activities, date and cause of his death, and his final resting place.
Download or read book 1980 Census of Population written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Michaels Family of Burke County North Carolina written by Elizabeth H. Michaels and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Michaels (1790-1876) married Sally/Sarah (1792-1879) and lived in Burke County, North Carolina. They raised 8 children. Includes families of Herron, Queen, Clay, Connor.
Download or read book 1990 Census of Population written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The 2006 ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia written by Peter Palmer and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details statistics from United States baseball teams and players from 1900 through the previous season, including draft information, and provides lists of award winners and world champion teams.
Download or read book Utilization of Housing Loans guaranteed Insured Or Direct by Veterans of World War II written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lost Soldier written by Chris J. Hartley and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Soldier offers a perspective on World War II we don’t always get from histories and memoirs. Based on the letters home of Pete Lynn, the diary of his wife, Ruth, and meticulous research in primary and secondary sources, this book recounts the war of a married couple who represent so many married couples, so many soldiers, in World War II. The book tells the story of this couple, starting with their life in North Carolina and recounting how the war increasingly insinuated itself into the fabric of their lives, until Pete Lynn was drafted, after which the war became the essential fact of their life. Author Chris J. Hartley intricately weaves together all threads—soldier and wife, home front and army life, combat, love and loss, individual and army division—into an intimate, engaging narrative that is at once gripping military history and engaging social history.
