Author: Van Buren County Genealogical Society (Iowa)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages :
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Hoskin Cemetery, Upton Cemetery Inscriptions
Author: Van Buren County Genealogical Society (Iowa)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Cemetery Inscriptions from Ossining, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery,.
Author: Headstone Inscriptions
Author: Clyde Melvin RabideauPublisher:
ISBN: 9780974999944
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
Volume III, Updated 2014
Cemetery Inscriptions from Hempstead, Long Island
Author: Josephine C. FrostPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Epitaphs
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Hawkeye Heritage
Author: Grave Misfortune: The USS Indianapolis Tragedy
Author: Richard A. HulverPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 016095021X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Dedicated to the Sailors and Marines who lost their lives on the final voyage of USS Indianapolis and to those who survived the torment at sea following its sinking. plus the crews that risked their lives in rescue ships. The USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a decorated World War II warship that is primarily remembered for her worst 15 minutes. . This ship earned ten (10) battle stars for her service in World War II and was credited for shooting down nine (9) enemy planes. However, this fame was overshadowed by the first 15 minutes July 30, 1945, when she was struck by two (2) torpedoes from Japanese submarine I-58 and sent to the bottom of the Philippine Sea. The sinking of Indianapolis and the loss of 880 crew out of 1,196 --most deaths occurring in the 4-5 day wait for a rescue delayed --is a tragedy in U.S. naval history. This historical reference showcases primary source documents to tell the story of Indianapolis, the history of this tragedy from the U.S. Navy perspective. It recounts the sinking, rescue efforts, follow-up investigations, aftermath and continuing communications efforts. Included are deck logs to better understand the ship location when she sunk and testimony of survivors and participants. For additional historical publications produced by the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, please check out these resources here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/naval-history-heritage-command Year 2016 marked the 71st anniversary of the sinking and another spike in public attention on the loss -- including a big screen adaptation of the story, talk of future films, documentaries, and planned expeditions to locate the wreckage of the warship.
The Quarterly
Author: North Central Texas Genealogical Records
Author: James PylantPublisher: Jacobus Books
ISBN: 9780962274640
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 2790
Book Description
Identifies over 8,000 individuals named in Jack County Mortuary Records (1891-1959), Eastland County Marriages (1874-1882), and Erath County Birth Affidavits (1877-1920).
Old Churches, Their Cemeteries and Family Graveyards of Princess Anne County, Virginia
Author: Laurie Boush GreenPublisher:
ISBN: 9781878515957
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Princess Anne County was consolidated with Virginia Beach in 1963.
The Cultural Cold War
Author: Frances Stonor SaundersPublisher: New Press, The
ISBN: 1595589147
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
During the Cold War, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy’s most cherished possession—but such freedom was put in service of a hidden agenda. In The Cultural Cold War, Frances Stonor Saunders reveals the extraordinary efforts of a secret campaign in which some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom in the West were working for or subsidized by the CIA—whether they knew it or not. Called "the most comprehensive account yet of the [CIA’s] activities between 1947 and 1967" by the New York Times, the book presents shocking evidence of the CIA’s undercover program of cultural interventions in Western Europe and at home, drawing together declassified documents and exclusive interviews to expose the CIA’s astonishing campaign to deploy the likes of Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Lowell, George Orwell, and Jackson Pollock as weapons in the Cold War. Translated into ten languages, this classic work—now with a new preface by the author—is "a real contribution to popular understanding of the postwar period" (The Wall Street Journal), and its story of covert cultural efforts to win hearts and minds continues to be relevant today.