Cranking Up a Fine War: A Louisiana Soldier from Boot Camp to General's Aide
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Cranking Up a Fine War: A Louisiana Soldier from Boot Camp to General's Aide (1942)
EN USISBN: 1892958015 bzw. 9781892958013, in Englisch, ByrenLee Press, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
americas,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,history,humanities,military,textbooks,world war ii, Cranking up a Fine War : A Louisiana Soldier from Boot Camp to General's Aide, In 1936, Van Mayhall joined the National Guard. He was only seventeen years old and he was just beginning to court the girl who would become the love of his life. He had a lot to lose--but Hitler was "cranking up a fine war" in Europe, and Van Mayhall thought he needed to learn something about fighting. He did learn. He trained in the swamps of south Louisiana, the coastal plains of the Carolinas, and the rural farm country of central Texas. He had attained the rank of captain in the U.S. Army by the time he went overseas in 1942. The only route home lay through England, France, and ultimately Germany on the path of victory. Along the way Capt. Mayhall dined at Buckingham Palace and escorted Marlene Dietrich at the front lines; he served as aide to General William Weaver during the crossings of the Moselle and Roer rivers and as a company commander in assaults against the Maginot Line as a member of the 90th Division "Tough 'Ombres." It would be three years before he returned home with a Silver Star and a lifetime's worth of experience with war, to see whether the "girl back home" had waited for him. Cranking Up A Fine War is a highly personal account of a young soldier's journey from boot camp to general's aide. Van Mayhall has a gift for capturing people and events in a genuine and often humorous way. His stories are truly a part of history, a living history woven into the fabric of all that makes our nation special.
americas,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,history,humanities,military,textbooks,world war ii, Cranking up a Fine War : A Louisiana Soldier from Boot Camp to General's Aide, In 1936, Van Mayhall joined the National Guard. He was only seventeen years old and he was just beginning to court the girl who would become the love of his life. He had a lot to lose--but Hitler was "cranking up a fine war" in Europe, and Van Mayhall thought he needed to learn something about fighting. He did learn. He trained in the swamps of south Louisiana, the coastal plains of the Carolinas, and the rural farm country of central Texas. He had attained the rank of captain in the U.S. Army by the time he went overseas in 1942. The only route home lay through England, France, and ultimately Germany on the path of victory. Along the way Capt. Mayhall dined at Buckingham Palace and escorted Marlene Dietrich at the front lines; he served as aide to General William Weaver during the crossings of the Moselle and Roer rivers and as a company commander in assaults against the Maginot Line as a member of the 90th Division "Tough 'Ombres." It would be three years before he returned home with a Silver Star and a lifetime's worth of experience with war, to see whether the "girl back home" had waited for him. Cranking Up A Fine War is a highly personal account of a young soldier's journey from boot camp to general's aide. Van Mayhall has a gift for capturing people and events in a genuine and often humorous way. His stories are truly a part of history, a living history woven into the fabric of all that makes our nation special.
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Cranking Up a Fine War: a Louisiana Soldier From Boot Camp to General's Aide (1999)
EN HC USISBN: 9781892958013 bzw. 1892958015, in Englisch, ByrenLee Press, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, plus shipping, Shipping area: DOM.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Hippo Books, OH, Toledo, [RE:4].
Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s). Hardcover.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Hippo Books, OH, Toledo, [RE:4].
Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s). Hardcover.
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Cranking Up a Fine War: A Louisiana Soldier from Boot Camp to General's Aide (1999)
EN HC USISBN: 9781892958013 bzw. 1892958015, in Englisch, ByrenLee Press, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks.
ByrenLee Press, 1999-05. Hardcover. Good.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks.
ByrenLee Press, 1999-05. Hardcover. Good.
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Cranking Up a Fine War: a Louisiana Soldier From Boot Camp to General's Aide
EN HC USISBN: 9781892958013 bzw. 1892958015, in Englisch, ByrenLee Press, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, plus shipping, Shipping area: DOM.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ThriftBooks - Silver Arch, MO, St. Louis, [RE:4].
Hardcover.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ThriftBooks - Silver Arch, MO, St. Louis, [RE:4].
Hardcover.
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Cranking Up a Fine War: a Louisiana Soldier From Boot Camp to General's Aide
EN HC USISBN: 9781892958013 bzw. 1892958015, in Englisch, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, plus shipping, Shipping area: DOM.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books, IN, Mishawaka, [RE:5].
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books, IN, Mishawaka, [RE:5].
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