GI Jive [electronic resource] : An Army Bandsman in World War II / Frank F. Mathias.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mathias, Frank Furlong.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--United States--Biography.

Soldiers.

Band musicians--United States--Biography.

Band musicians.

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

World War, 1939-1945.

United States. Army. Infantry Division, 37th--Biography.

United States.

Mathias, Frank Furlong.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

GI jive.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1982.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Frank Mathias was a teenager in a small town when the draft swept him into the army and then halfway around the world to the jungles of the South Pacific. He served in the huge invasion force in the Battle of Manila, the deadliest single battle of the Pacific War. As an army musician attached to the 37th Infantry Division, Mathias saw the war from the bottom of the heap, where young privates lived and died. In his best selling book The GI Generation, Mathias tells of growing up in small-town America between the wars. In GI Jive he recalls the gritty experience of combat as well as the music

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 The Sax Section; 2 ASTPeewee; 3 Mail Call; 4 Sharps and Flats; 5 Halfway around the World; 6 The Lizard's Tail; Maps; Papua: the Lizard's Tail; 7 The Buckeye Division; 8 A Thousand Ships; The Philippine Invasion Route; 9 Down the Central Plains; Illustrations; The Luzon Campaign; 10 The Battle of Manila; Manil, 1945; 11 After the Battle; 12 Baguio and Balete Pass; 13 Cagayan Valley Blitzkrieg; 14 Atomic Malaria; 15 Sentimental Journey; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-9009-6

0-8131-4853-7

OCLC:

644516457