Steel helmet and mortarboard : an academic in Uncle Sam's Army / Francis H. Heller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heller, Francis H. (Francis Howard), 1917-2013.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Austrian American.

World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area.

Soldiers--United States--Biography.

Soldiers.

Austrian Americans--Biography.

Austrian Americans.

Refugees--United States--Biography.

Refugees.

World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.

Law teachers--Kansas--Lawrence--Biography.

Law teachers.

United States. Army--Military life--History--20th century.

United States.

Heller, Francis H. (Francis Howard), 1917-2013.

Heller, Francis H.

Physical Description:

xiii, 190 p.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The story of an Austrian refugee who earned an American law degree in 1941, but a year later was drafted into the U.S. Army. Heller's account of those years recalls how he adjusted to military life and then how he later resumed his academic career only to be recalled to active duty for the Korean War"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"Home is the place where

when you come to it, they have to take you in"

From schnitzels to barbeque

Finis Austriae

Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Oahu, Territory of Hawaii

Camp Caves, Queensland, Australia

Goodenough Island and Hollandia, New Guinea

Leyte, Philippine Islands

Mindoro and Mindanao, Philippine Islands

Okayama and Himeji, Japan

Fukuoka, Japan

Around the world in sixty days

Reprise: Fort Bragg again

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Epilogue: Serendipity or good fortune.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8262-7181-2

OCLC:

609682383