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Gliders (Aeronautics) History 20th century Medicine, Military United States History 19th century Military gliders (Aeronautics) United States History 20th century United States. Army of the Potomac Biography United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 141st. Battalion, 1st. United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Vosges Mountains World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Japanese American World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United StatesMcGaugh, Scott.
Summary: Recounts the life of the Civil War surgeon and how he made battlefield survival possible by creating the first organized ambulance corps and a more effective field hospital system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LETTERMAN, JONATHAN MCGMcGaugh, Scott
Summary: "This book distills war down to individual young men climbing into defenseless gliders made of plywood, ready to trust the towing aircraft that would pull them into enemy territory by a single cable wrapped with a telephone wire. Based on their after-action reports, journals, oral histories, photos and letters home, The Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin reveals every terrifying minute of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Osprey Publishing 2023
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.544 MCGMcGaugh, Scott
Summary: The story of the 442nd, a segregated unit of Japanese American citizens, commanded by white officers, that finally rescued the "lost battalion." Their unmatched courage and sacrifice under fire became legend - all the more remarkable because many of the soldiers had volunteered from prison-like "interment" camps where sentries watched their mothers and fathers from the barbed-wire perimeter. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2016