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Author | : Andrew Brozyna |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2012-08-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 178096594X |
Longshore Soldiers chronicles the wartime experiences of port battalion veterans, part of the US Army's Transportation Corps. This battalion, along with all others of the Corps, were responsible for ensuring military materiel was delivered to the front line, allowing the fighting to continue without delay; an essential part of the Allied war effort. Andrew Brozyna, grandson of one of the veterans, traces the stories of the veterans from training in the United States to supplying the British at El Alamein, dock work in Antwerp, supplying the beaches of Normandy as part of D-Day and finally to deactivation. While this is a subject that might not be as instantly recognizable for most military history fans, Brozyna offers a compelling narrative, packed with first-hand accounts and personal histories, of an overlooked aspect of the Second World War. Longshore Soldiers examines the logistics of the European theatre and how these veterans vitally kept the Allied armies moving as they marched into the Reich.
Author | : Andrew J. Brozyna |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Loading and unloading |
ISBN | : 9780982781111 |
Author | : Andrew J. Brozyna |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780982781104 |
Through firsthand accounts, historical photographs, and original maps, Longshore Soldiers recounts the wartime experiences of Cortland Hopkins and ten other port battalion veterans. As part of the US Army's Transportation Corps, they were responsible for ensuring that thousands of tons of military supplies were packed, unloaded, and delivered to the front lines. Moving from training stateside, to supply operations on the beaches of Normandy, to dock work in the massive, high-risk seaport of Antwerp, Belgium, and finally to deactivation, Andrew Brozyna offers a compelling narrative of what daily life was like in this remarkable yet often overlooked service. Perhaps most importantly, Brozyna's use of personal histories as the basis for examining the logistics of WWII's European theater ensures that readers never lose sight of the individuals involved.
Author | : Richard M. Lytle |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780810850118 |
1791 marked one of the worst military defeats the United States Army ever suffered. As Major General Arthur St. Clair led both regular Army and militia levee soldiers to the banks of the Wabash River, Native Americans rose to stop them--and stop the Army they did. In this fascinating study, Richard Lytle gives historians, genealogists, and local history buffs a monumental resource for the study of St. Clair's soldiers. Not only a detailed narrative of this campaign, this is also the most complete roster of soldiers available, and a comprehensive description of their origins, equipment and organization. This resource assembles in one place both the narrative and hard to find reference materials that genealogists and historians need to research and better understand this seminal event in America's westward growth.
Author | : United States. Dept. of the Army. Office of Military History |
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Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 588 |
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Author | : Janet Hewett |
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Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : United States |
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Author | : Chester Wardlow |
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Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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Author | : Chester Wardlow |
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Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2003 |
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