Soldiering for freedom : a GI's account of World War II / Herman J. Obermayer.
Soldiering for freedom : a GI's account of World War II / Herman J. Obermayer.
Soldiering for freedom : a GI's account of World War II / Herman J. Obermayer.
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College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N940.54837/1
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Preface : the past is prologue -- Ch. 1. Drafted at eighteen -- Ch. 2. Back to college as a soldier -- Ch. 3. Basic training -- Ch. 4. Troopship life in a U-boat zone -- Ch. 5. Awaiting combat in Europe -- Ch. 6. Waging war against the French -- Ch. 7. Paris : glamour city, GI town -- Ch. 8. Germany...
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College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2005.
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Texas
Date Published
2005.
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"From school, from basic training, and later from Europe, Obermayer wrote home with vivid descriptions of life in the Army. Reflective and observant, he recorded his views of both the French and German reactions to the American occupation force, race relations among enlisted men, and the problems of supplying the troops as they crossed Europe after...
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Soldiering for freedom : a GI's account of World War II / Herman J. Obermayer.
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Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 98.
Includes index.
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Other version (online)
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N940.54837/1
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74VKdVma7y3l
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1585444065 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781585444304 (alk. paper)
1585444308 (alk. paper)
9781585444069 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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940.548373092
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991019942349702626
