Author: United States. Department of the ArmyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Engineer Combat Battalion (heavy).
Author: United States. Department of the ArmyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Engineer Combat Operations
Author: United States. Department of the ArmyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The Engineer
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The Storm on Our Shores
Author: Mark ObmascikPublisher: Atria Books
ISBN: 1451678371
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Mark Obmascik has deftly rescued an important story from the margins of our history—and from our country’s most forbidding frontier. Deeply researched and feelingly told, The Storm on Our Shores is a heartbreaking tale of tragedy and redemption.” —Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers, In the Kingdom of Ice, and On Desperate Ground The heart-wrenching but ultimately redemptive story of two World War II soldiers—a Japanese surgeon and an American sergeant—during a brutal Alaskan battle in which the sergeant discovers the medic's revelatory and fascinating diary that changed our war-torn society’s perceptions of Japan. May 1943. The Battle of Attu—called “The Forgotten Battle” by World War II veterans—was raging on the Aleutian island with an Arctic cold, impenetrable fog, and rocketing winds that combined to create some of the worst weather on Earth. Both American and Japanese forces were tirelessly fighting in a yearlong campaign, and both sides would suffer thousands of casualties. Included in this number was a Japanese medic whose war diary would lead a Silver Star-winning American soldier to find solace for his own tortured soul. The doctor’s name was Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi, a Hiroshima native who had graduated from college and medical school in California. He loved America, but was called to enlist in the Imperial Army of his native Japan. Heartsick, wary of war, yet devoted to Japan, Tatsuguchi performed his duties and kept a diary of events as they unfolded—never knowing that it would be found by an American soldier named Dick Laird. Laird, a hardy, resilient underground coal miner, enlisted in the US Army to escape the crushing poverty of his native Appalachia. In a devastating mountainside attack in Alaska, Laird was forced to make a fateful decision, one that saved him and his comrades, but haunted him for years. Tatsuguchi’s diary was later translated and distributed among US soldiers. It showed the common humanity on both sides of the battle. But it also ignited fierce controversy that is still debated today. After forty years, Laird was determined to return it to the family and find peace with Tatsuguchi’s daughter, Laura Tatsuguchi Davis. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mark Obmascik brings his journalistic acumen, sensitivity, and exemplary narrative skills to tell an extraordinarily moving story of two heroes, the war that pitted them against each other, and the quest to put their past to rest.
Taking Command
Author: H. Paul JeffersPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110105073X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
"The crux of the fighting was the place I headed for." -General J. Lawton Collins Known as "the GI's general" and "Lightning Joe," General J. Lawton Collins played no less than a global part in the Allied victory of World War II. Here, for the first time, is the story of an American hero and patriot- a man who earned the admiration of the grunts with whom he shared foxholes and the respect of the highest-ranking generals. Collins was a true leader of men with his iron-clad devotion to duty, his genuine concern for those under his command, and his seemingly unending drive to defend his nation against all enemies-no matter where the fight took him...
Professional Journal of the United States Army
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1442
Book Description
Engineer Update
Author: Quarterly Review of Military Literature
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
General Construction Equipment Operator
Author: United States. Department of the ArmyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Construction equipment
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Ghost Battalion
Author: Bill CarrPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557219205
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The 49th Engineer Combat Battalion is called the "Ghost Battalion" because so little is known about this fascinating unit in WWII and its contributions to history. The 49th landed on Utah Beach on D-day, clearing beach obstacles, mines, taking and holding key points, building bridges and rescuing Airborne soldiers trapped behind enemy lines. Follow this unit through major campaigns and battles including Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge), Huertgen Forest, Cherbourg, Cologne Plain and Ruhr Pocket. This is a true historical rendering of their story taken from actual unit journals, battle casualty reports, photos and maps.