The Courageous Odyssey of an Infantryman

The Courageous Odyssey of an Infantryman
Author: Finnegan Jones
Publisher: RWG Publishing
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2024-02-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Embark on "The Courageous Odyssey of an Infantryman," a powerful and evocative novel that traces the remarkable journey of John, a resilient leader, through the triumphs, challenges, and the unyielding spirit of service in the military. From the initial deployment briefing to the uncharted territories and beyond, this gripping narrative unfolds in a series of chapters, each revealing a new layer of the infantryman's odyssey. As John and his dedicated unit navigate the complexities of military life, the barracks, once a symbol of shared discipline, transform into a haven that echoes with intensified training and camaraderie. The odyssey unfolds in live combat scenarios, reconnaissance missions, and unexpected obstacles, testing the mettle of the recruits and forging unbreakable bonds. The story transcends the battlefield as the odyssey's impact lingers in civilian life. In the epilogue, readers witness John's reflections on a quiet morning, the subtle changes mirrored in his reflection, and the enduring bonds shared beyond the barracks. Engaging in community service becomes a new mission, extending the spirit of service into civilian initiatives that uplift and support. "The Courageous Odyssey of an Infantryman" is not just a tale of war and military life; it's a profound exploration of sacrifice, triumph, and the enduring bonds forged in the crucible of service. As John navigates the uncharted territories, the narrative weaves a rich tapestry of resilience, camaraderie, and the indomitable human spirit. This novel is a compelling and heartfelt tribute to the men and women in uniform, offering readers a poignant and authentic glimpse into the transformative power of the infantryman's odyssey.

Your Brother in Arms

Your Brother in Arms
Author: Robert C. Plumb
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2011-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0826219209

George P. McClelland, a member of the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry in the Civil War, witnessed some of the war’s most pivotal battles during his two and a half years of Union service. Death and destruction surrounded this young soldier, who endured the challenges of front line combat in the conflict Lincoln called “the fiery trial through which we pass.” Throughout his time at war, McClelland wrote to his family, keeping them abreast of his whereabouts and aware of the harrowing experiences he endured in battle. Never before published, McClelland’s letters offer fresh insights into camp life, battlefield conditions, perceptions of key leaders, and the mindset of a young man who faced the prospect of death nearly every day of his service. Through this book, the detailed experiences of one soldier—examined amidst the larger account of the war in the eastern theater—offer a fresh, personal perspective on one of our nation’s most brutal conflicts. Your Brother in Arms follows McClelland through his Civil War odyssey, from his enlistment in Pittsburgh in the summer of 1862 and his journey to Washington and march to Antietam, followed by his encounters in a succession of critical battles: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania Court House, the North Anna River, Petersburg, and Five Forks, Virginia, where he was gravely injured. McClelland’s words, written from the battlefield and the infirmary, convey his connection to his siblings and his longing for home. But even more so, they reflect the social, cultural, and political currents of the war he was fighting. With extensive detail, Robert C. Plumb expounds on McClelland’s words by placing the events described in context and illuminating the collective forces at play in each account, adding a historical outlook to the raw voice of a young soldier. Beating the odds of Civil War treatment, McClelland recovered from his injury at Five Forks and was discharged as a brevet-major in 1865—a rank bestowed on leaders who show bravery in the face of enemy fire. He was a common soldier who performed uncommon service, and the forty-two documents he and his family left behind now give readers the opportunity to know the war from his perspective. More than a book of battlefield reports, Your Brother in Arms: A Union Soldier’s Odyssey is a volume that explores the wartime experience through a soldier’s eyes, making it an engaging and valuable read for those interested in American history, the Civil War, and military history.

Long Road to Liberty

Long Road to Liberty
Author: Donald Allendorf
Publisher:
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN:

They served almost five years, most of that time in daily contact with their Southern adversaries in Tennessee and Georgia. When the war was finally over, more than half of the 904 officers and men who had ever served with the 15th regiment had been wounded or killed, while another 107 died of disease"--Jacket.

Odysseus in America

Odysseus in America
Author: Jonathan Shay
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2010-05-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439125015

In this ambitious follow-up to Achilles in Vietnam, Dr. Jonathan Shay uses the Odyssey, the story of a soldier's homecoming, to illuminate the pitfalls that trap many veterans on the road back to civilian life. Seamlessly combining important psychological work and brilliant literary interpretation with an impassioned plea to renovate American military institutions, Shay deepens our understanding of both the combat veteran's experience and one of the world's greatest classics. In Achilles in Vietnam, Dr. Jonathan Shay used the story of the Iliad as a prism through which to examine how ancient and modern wars have battered the psychology of the men who fight. Now he turns his attention to the Odyssey, the story of a soldier's homecoming, to illuminate the real problems faced by combat veterans reentering civilian society. The Odyssey, Shay argues, offers explicit portrayals of behavior common among returning soldiers in our own culture: danger-seeking, womanizing, explosive violence, drug abuse, visitation by the dead, obsession, vagrancy and homelessness. Supporting his reading with examples from his fifteen-year practice treating Vietnam veterans, Shay shows how Odysseus's mistrustfulness, his lies, and his constant need to conceal his thoughts and emotions foreshadow the experiences of many of today's veterans. He also explains how veterans recover and advocates changes to American military practice that will protect future servicemen and servicewomen while increasing their fighting power. Throughout, Homer strengthens our understanding of what a combat veteran must overcome to return to and flourish in civilian life, just as the heartbreaking stories of the veterans Shay treats give us a new understanding of one of the world's greatest classics.

Hans Sturm

Hans Sturm
Author: GORDON WILLIAMSON
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2017-01-20
Genre: History
ISBN:

There are many biographies of former soldiers of the German Wehrmacht, many of whom had fascinating stories to tell, and several of whom were highly decorated. Few, however, can match Hans Sturm in his astonishing rise from a mere private in an infantry regiment, thrown into the bloody maelstrom of the Eastern Front, to becoming a glorified war hero whose role brought him into direct regular contact with Prominenten of the Third Reich. This young man s fearless heroism in combat earned him some of Germany s highest military awards, and yet he was pugnaciously outspoken about bullying and injustice. From striking a member of the feared Sicherheitsdienst in defence of a Jewish woman to refusing to wear a decoration he felt was tainted by its encouragement of inhumane treatment of enemy partisans, Sturm repeatedly stuck to his moral values no matter what the risk. But even when the war was finally over, his travails did not end: he was held in a number of Soviet labour camps, before finally being released in 1953. Hans Sturm: A Soldier s Odyssey on the Eastern Front is an engaging reconstruction of events based on exchanges of correspondence and reminiscences between the author and Hans Sturm himself. It vividly portrays not only a German soldier s experience on the Eastern Front, but the intriguing trajectories that success in the battlefield yielded for him at home under the Nazi regime.

The Odyssey of Echo Company

The Odyssey of Echo Company
Author: Doug Stanton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2017-09-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 1476761914

A portrait of the American recon platoon of the 101st Airborne Division describes their sixty-day fight for survival during the 1968 Tet Offensive, tracing their postwar difficulties with acclimating into a peacetime America that did not want to hear their story.

Stand in the Trench, Achilles

Stand in the Trench, Achilles
Author: Elizabeth Vandiver
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2010-02-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199542740

A study of the ways in which British poets of the First World War used classical literature, culture, and history as a source of images, ideas, and even phrases for their own poetry. Elizabeth Vandiver offers a new perspective on that poetry and on the history of classics in British culture.

Odyssey of the Unknown Anzac

Odyssey of the Unknown Anzac
Author: David Murray Hastings
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2018-04-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1775589838

Ten years after the end of World War I, the Sydney Sun reported that an unknown Anzac still lay in a Sydney psychiatric hospital. &‘This man . . . was found wandering in a London street during the war,' reported the paper. &‘He said he was an Australian soldier. Beyond his first statement that he was a Digger, he has not given any information about himself.'Thousands of people in Australia and New Zealand responded to this story and an international campaign to find the man's family followed. The story tapped into deep wells of sorrow and uncertainty which had been covered over by commemorations of Anzac heroism and honourable national sacrifice. More than a quarter of the Anzac dead had no known resting place. Might this be someone's missing son?David Hastings follows this one unknown Anzac, George McQuay, from rural New Zealand through Gallipoli and the Western Front, through desertions and hospitals, and finally home to New Zealand. By doing so, he takes us deep inside the Great War and the human mind.

THE UNIDENTIFIED SOLDIER IN THE USO POSTER

THE UNIDENTIFIED SOLDIER IN THE USO POSTER
Author: RICHARD & BETTY COATE
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 754
Release: 2014-10-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1453577289

The horrors of WWII were still fresh in our minds when the Korean War broke out. June 25, 1950, when the North Korean Communists crossed the Thirty-Eighth Parallel to invade South Korea, changed the course of my life. Betty, her roommate Marian Ott, Richard?s old Trenton buddy and roommate Harvey Seeman, and Richard were driving to ?Old Man?s Cave,? which is about a hundred miles southwest of Columbus. It was a day made for poets and we couldn?t have been in a more festive mood. The radio was tuned to the classical music station on WOSU when the program was interrupted with the news that the North Korean Communist troops had crossed the Thirty-Eighth Parallel to invade South Korea. Korea? Where?s that? Richard flunked his physical for induction into WWII but would pass muster to fight in what was tragically mislabeled as a mere ?police action.? Richard had proposed marriage to Betty earlier that spring, with plans for a wedding the following December of ?50. Little over eight months since their trip to Old Man?s Cave, Richard was among the first draftees to enter the war. The title of this book is apt. Had I been identified, it could never have been used as a symbol of American fighting forces throughout the globe. Since it was used as a symbol at the peak of the Cold War, the advertising executive who handled the USO account had no way of knowing that I was not one of the 36,0000 who were KIA in the war. And he also presumed that if I survived the war I could never prove it to be me. The AP release stated the photograph was taken by a man with the initials JM. An elderly woman in the World Wide AP photo department said, ?Why, that?s Jimmy Martenhofff!?