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Manchester, William 1922-2004 Marine Flasher (Ship) National socialism Social aspects Turke, Rosemarie Lengsfeld 1930- Childhood and youth Turke, Rosemarie Lengsfeld 1930- Family United States World War, 1939-1945 Children Poland Wrocław Biography World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American World War, 1939-1945 Refugees Germany Wrocław (Poland) BiographyFilter By Subjects
Manchester, William 1922-2004 Marine Flasher (Ship) National socialism Social aspects Turke, Rosemarie Lengsfeld 1930- Childhood and youth Turke, Rosemarie Lengsfeld 1930- Family United States World War, 1939-1945 Children Poland Wrocław Biography World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American World War, 1939-1945 Refugees Germany Wrocław (Poland) BiographySledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant)
Summary: As a society, America needs from time to time to question the conduct of its foreign relations. WITH THE OLD BREED, by Eugene B. Sledge, provides the ultimate "reality check" by serving as a graphic reminder of the horrors America has periodically required its young men to endure for the higher cause of defending freedom. The battles of Peleliu (1944) and Okinawa (1945) were particularly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 SLETurke, Rosemarie Lengsfeld
Summary: "Set against a backdrop of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, the reign of Nazi Germany, and the entire course of World War II in Europe, American Shoes recounts the tumultuous childhood of a young American girl and her family trapped within a country that turned against itself, where human decency eroded and then vaporized. Forced to grow up in the midst of endemic fear stoked by a ravenous madman,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beyond Words 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TUR1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 TUR
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1 available in Adult, Call number: YA 940.53 TURManchester, William
Summary: "In this intensely powerful memoir, biographer-historian William Manchester looks back at his own early life. The memoir offers a firsthand account of World War II in the Pacific: what it looked like, sounded like, smelled like, and most of all, what it felt like to one who underwent all but the ultimate of its experiences"--Container
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.5483 MANFessler, Diane Burke.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 1996