Author: Nicholas CarterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Sea Fox, Or, The Lieutenant of the "05"
Author: Nicholas CarterSave Our Souls: Rescues Made by U.S. Submarines During World War II
Author: Douglas E. CampbellPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329697022
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
At last count, nearly 2,400 people can claim that their lives were saved by a U.S. submarine during World War II. Of that number, 523 Allied aviators could claim that distinction after crashing their aircraft into the sea and being saved by a submarine operating in the "Lifeguard League." The remaining number were a collection of other military and civilian personnel, each with a story to tell and now able to tell their grand-children. Some of those rescued went on to retire as senior military officers including U.S. Navy Admirals, some back to missionary work, some to manage large companies in later years, some to philanthropic endeavors to pay everyone back for saving their lives. Appendix A is an intensely-researched index of nearly 2,200 names of those saved.
Infantry
Author: Pershing's Lieutenants
Author: Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472838610
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
World War I had a profound impact on the United States of America, which was forced to 'grow' an army almost overnight. The day the United States declared war on Germany, the US Army was only the 17th largest in the world, ranking behind Portugal – the Regular Army had only 128,00 troops, backed up by the National Guard with some 182,000 troops. By the end of the war it had grown to 3,700,000, with slightly more than half that number in Europe. Until the United States did so, no country in all history had tried to deploy a 2-million-man force 3,000 miles from its own borders, a force led by American Expeditionary Forces Commander-in-Chief General John J. Pershing. This was America's first truly modern war and rising from its ranks was a new generation of leaders who would control the fate of the United States armed forces during the interwar period and into World War II. This book reveals the history of the key leaders working for and with John J. Pershing during this tumultuous period, including George S. Patton (tank commander and future commander of the US Third Army during World War II); Douglas MacArthur (42nd Division commander and future General of the Army) and Harry S. Truman (artillery battery commander and future President of the United States). Edited by Major General David T. Zabecki (US Army, Retired) and Colonel Douglas V. Mastriano (US Army, Retired), this fascinating title comprises chapters on individual leaders from subject experts across the US, including faculty members of the US Army War College.
The Army List
Author: History of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles
Author: Colonel H. E. WeekesPublisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1781493332
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
A superb unit history. The project, originally privately printed, was initiated by Col. H. E. Weeks, but the final compilation and editing was carried through by several different officers of the Regiment.They made an excellent job of it.They cover the early days at Abbottabad, the Second Afghan War (when Capt John Cook won the Regiment's first VC at Peiwar Kotal), the Black Mountain expedition, the Hunza affair (when two more VCs were gained), and the services of the three battalions in the Great War (1st Bn at Gallipoli, 2nd Bn in Mesopotamia, and 3rd Bn in India and Mesopotamia). The text is accompanied by an Index, Apps: Roll of Honour (British officers ony), H & A, & list of former officers.
State Summary of War Casualties
Author: United States. Navy Department. Office of InformationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List
Author: Historical Collections of the Essex Institute
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Author: Essex Institute