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For comrade and country : oral histories of World War II veterans / edited by Robert G. Thobaben.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Veterans.
- United States.
- Oral history.
- World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area.
- World War, 1939-1945--Europe.
- Veterans--United States--Interviews.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- American.
- Interviews.
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- x, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland, [2003]
- Summary:
- Ray Hill was a cook and machine gunner who survived the sinking of a PT boat by a kamikaze attack. German forces in the middle of the Siegfried defensive line captured Robert Corbin, a forward officer, after he was shot. Arthur Ensley, a strafer bomber, flew into the Brenner Pass and entered combat territory. His plane caught fire, his pilot was shot and killed, and he had to bail out.
- Editor and fellow World War II veteran Robert G. Thobaben gathered those reports and others from men who were young soldiers in World War II. This book presents 30 oral histories, 14 from the Pacific Theater and 16 from the European. In addition to describing their individual experiences, these Marine, Army, Navy and Air Corps privates, officers, cooks, sergeants and engineers also discuss such questions as why men fight, how soldiers cope with battle, why it is important to record the stories of World War II veterans, and what they think about the ethics of war.
- Contents:
- Part I. The Pacific Theater of Operations
- Military Timeline 16
- Jack Hobday 17
- Al Allen 27
- Don Barrett 34
- Bob Thobaben 45
- Frank Treadway 55
- Karl Rotterman 64
- Ray Hill 73
- Ray Spahr 78
- Robert Pohle 88
- Les Prether 97
- James Stuart 104
- Dick Baumhardt 114
- Gene Cantelupe 123
- Ace Elliott 130
- Part II. The European Theater of Operations
- Military Timeline 138
- Peter Granson 139
- Herb Corson 148
- Herb Stachler 159
- John Thompson 169
- Karl Pauzar 178
- Paul Schreiber 186
- Louis Blank 194
- Nick Engler 202
- Art Ensley 212
- Robert Corbin 224
- Will Frazee 234
- Robert Flohre 243
- Clarence Evans 250
- Seth Furnas 259
- Arnie Crouch 268
- Ernest Guenther 276
- Appendix B The Organization and Weapons of American Infantry Divisions 293.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0786413964
- OCLC:
- 50253074
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