Author: Stephen Cohen
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532081510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
There needed to be an overland route of supply from India to China in WWll. Someone had to build it. The job fell to General “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell, and he brought 15,000 black men from America to Ledo, Assam in India to do it. They fought disease, leeches, the monsoon and the Japanese to get it done. Under the command of Lewis Pick they turned jungle into road. This is the story of one Jefferson Goode , a jazz trumpet player, who writes the diary. And it is of his friend and community activist, Joey Carver. They are two boys from Philadelphia, who find themselves as roadbuilders, who fight the elements, the enemy and prejudice and segregation. Through the words and thoughts of Jefferson, this adventure unfolds.
Ledo Road Diary
Author: Stephen Cohen
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532081510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
There needed to be an overland route of supply from India to China in WWll. Someone had to build it. The job fell to General “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell, and he brought 15,000 black men from America to Ledo, Assam in India to do it. They fought disease, leeches, the monsoon and the Japanese to get it done. Under the command of Lewis Pick they turned jungle into road. This is the story of one Jefferson Goode , a jazz trumpet player, who writes the diary. And it is of his friend and community activist, Joey Carver. They are two boys from Philadelphia, who find themselves as roadbuilders, who fight the elements, the enemy and prejudice and segregation. Through the words and thoughts of Jefferson, this adventure unfolds.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532081510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
There needed to be an overland route of supply from India to China in WWll. Someone had to build it. The job fell to General “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell, and he brought 15,000 black men from America to Ledo, Assam in India to do it. They fought disease, leeches, the monsoon and the Japanese to get it done. Under the command of Lewis Pick they turned jungle into road. This is the story of one Jefferson Goode , a jazz trumpet player, who writes the diary. And it is of his friend and community activist, Joey Carver. They are two boys from Philadelphia, who find themselves as roadbuilders, who fight the elements, the enemy and prejudice and segregation. Through the words and thoughts of Jefferson, this adventure unfolds.
The Ledo Road
Professional Journal of the United States Army
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1454
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1454
Book Description
United States Army in World War II.: The techinical services
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
The Corps of Engineers
Author: Karl Christian Dod
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
This volume covers Engineer operations in support of the U.S. Army in the war against Japan. The story begins with the defense build-up in 1939 and ends with the Japanese surrender aboard the battleship Missouri on 2 September 1945. Geographically, Engineer operations extended from the Panama Canal to India and from Alaska to Australia, in actual or potential areas of conflict. The author has attempted not only to depict various types of Engineer operations but also to indicate how Engineer work helped implement Allied strategy. Included are discussions of the Engineer position in the command structure and a general account of both Engineer combat and service missions within a given theater. -- From the Preface.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
This volume covers Engineer operations in support of the U.S. Army in the war against Japan. The story begins with the defense build-up in 1939 and ends with the Japanese surrender aboard the battleship Missouri on 2 September 1945. Geographically, Engineer operations extended from the Panama Canal to India and from Alaska to Australia, in actual or potential areas of conflict. The author has attempted not only to depict various types of Engineer operations but also to indicate how Engineer work helped implement Allied strategy. Included are discussions of the Engineer position in the command structure and a general account of both Engineer combat and service missions within a given theater. -- From the Preface.
The Allied Resupply Effort in the China-Burma-India Theater During World War II
Author: Leo J. Daugherty III
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786431377
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 secured for Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese Nationalist forces what no amount of pleading had been able to produce: an influx of U.S. supplies. This volume explores the strategies of the Allies in China, Burma and India in World War II and the politically charged campaign waged in that theater. After an overview of the Allied situation in early 1942, the work presents the personal accounts of six individuals who served as part of the resupply effort in the CBI theater: Captain Edward Goodman, Captain David C. Hall, Staff Sergeant Robert Boehm, Corporal Anthony R. Silva, Corporal Alexander McVean and Tech Sergeant Kenneth R. Quigley. The service of African Americans in the CBI theatre is also discussed in detail. Appendices contain information on the organization of a motor transport truck regiment in Persia during World War II and an extract from a December 1944 log of an Air Jungle Rescue Unit in Burma.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786431377
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 secured for Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese Nationalist forces what no amount of pleading had been able to produce: an influx of U.S. supplies. This volume explores the strategies of the Allies in China, Burma and India in World War II and the politically charged campaign waged in that theater. After an overview of the Allied situation in early 1942, the work presents the personal accounts of six individuals who served as part of the resupply effort in the CBI theater: Captain Edward Goodman, Captain David C. Hall, Staff Sergeant Robert Boehm, Corporal Anthony R. Silva, Corporal Alexander McVean and Tech Sergeant Kenneth R. Quigley. The service of African Americans in the CBI theatre is also discussed in detail. Appendices contain information on the organization of a motor transport truck regiment in Persia during World War II and an extract from a December 1944 log of an Air Jungle Rescue Unit in Burma.
For Your Tomorrow
Author: Robert H. Farquharson
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412015367
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Explores the causes of the Burma War, tells the story of its course, and reveals for the first time the surprisingly significant role Canada and Canadians played in it.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412015367
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Explores the causes of the Burma War, tells the story of its course, and reveals for the first time the surprisingly significant role Canada and Canadians played in it.
United States Army in World War II.
Author: United States. Dept. of the Army. Office of Military History
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Global Logistics and Strategy
Author: Robert W. Coakley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
United States Army in World War II.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 926
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 926
Book Description