Author: Robert Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594163500
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Americans Face the Horror of a Modern European War for the First Time Made up of companies from ten Ohio towns, the 166th Infantry Regiment became part of the famous 42nd Division, known as the "Rainbow Division." They were the third American division to arrive in France, where they fought courageously in the trenches at Lunéville and Baccarat before being a key part of the American effort in the Second Battle of the Marne and the Saint Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Despite their initial lack of training in modern warfare and weapons, the 166th Infantry compiled an impressive combat record. However, that record came at a terrible cost, with the regiment suffering over two thousand casualties in just nine months of fighting. Using regimental histories and the letters and diaries of the soldiers who fought in France, Suddenly Soldiers: The 166th Infantry Regiment in World War I by author and historian Robert Thompson tells the compelling story of the young men--"citizen soldiers"--who have always borne the cost of America's freedom with quiet courage.
Suddenly Soldiers
Author: Robert Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594163500
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Americans Face the Horror of a Modern European War for the First Time Made up of companies from ten Ohio towns, the 166th Infantry Regiment became part of the famous 42nd Division, known as the "Rainbow Division." They were the third American division to arrive in France, where they fought courageously in the trenches at Lunéville and Baccarat before being a key part of the American effort in the Second Battle of the Marne and the Saint Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Despite their initial lack of training in modern warfare and weapons, the 166th Infantry compiled an impressive combat record. However, that record came at a terrible cost, with the regiment suffering over two thousand casualties in just nine months of fighting. Using regimental histories and the letters and diaries of the soldiers who fought in France, Suddenly Soldiers: The 166th Infantry Regiment in World War I by author and historian Robert Thompson tells the compelling story of the young men--"citizen soldiers"--who have always borne the cost of America's freedom with quiet courage.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594163500
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Americans Face the Horror of a Modern European War for the First Time Made up of companies from ten Ohio towns, the 166th Infantry Regiment became part of the famous 42nd Division, known as the "Rainbow Division." They were the third American division to arrive in France, where they fought courageously in the trenches at Lunéville and Baccarat before being a key part of the American effort in the Second Battle of the Marne and the Saint Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Despite their initial lack of training in modern warfare and weapons, the 166th Infantry compiled an impressive combat record. However, that record came at a terrible cost, with the regiment suffering over two thousand casualties in just nine months of fighting. Using regimental histories and the letters and diaries of the soldiers who fought in France, Suddenly Soldiers: The 166th Infantry Regiment in World War I by author and historian Robert Thompson tells the compelling story of the young men--"citizen soldiers"--who have always borne the cost of America's freedom with quiet courage.
Prodigal Soldiers
Author: James Kitfield
Publisher: Potomac Books Incorporated
ISBN: 9781574881233
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
In Prodigal Soldiers, James Kitfield chronicles that remarkable revitalization of the military by following the lives of a unique generation of officers.
Publisher: Potomac Books Incorporated
ISBN: 9781574881233
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
In Prodigal Soldiers, James Kitfield chronicles that remarkable revitalization of the military by following the lives of a unique generation of officers.
The Great Guardian: The Sudden War
Author: M.R. Raif Shafwan Bhakra
Publisher: Bhakra Gani
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
In the middle of grassland in a world called Tseroff, a man woke up, remembering nothing. He may have known nothing, but soon he realizes that ... he's everything. The world's in chaos and war has waged all over Tseroff and he's the only one who can end it, he will. Adam who is supposed to be the Great Guardian, the protector of Tseroff, disappeared centuries ago and came back knowing nothing. The war, called the Sudden War, was waged by an outsider who wants to take Tseroff which are rich with power that will grant him invincibility but if he wants to achieve that, Tseroff must be destroyed. The Tseroffians was hoping that even Adam, who is not fully capable anymore, could end it. The unsure so called Adam, the Great Guardian, of himself took the leap and brought hope to Tseroffians. The peaceful world of Tseroff will now be the battlefield of a war that suddenly started. Their past will never be the same and their future will only wait.
Publisher: Bhakra Gani
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
In the middle of grassland in a world called Tseroff, a man woke up, remembering nothing. He may have known nothing, but soon he realizes that ... he's everything. The world's in chaos and war has waged all over Tseroff and he's the only one who can end it, he will. Adam who is supposed to be the Great Guardian, the protector of Tseroff, disappeared centuries ago and came back knowing nothing. The war, called the Sudden War, was waged by an outsider who wants to take Tseroff which are rich with power that will grant him invincibility but if he wants to achieve that, Tseroff must be destroyed. The Tseroffians was hoping that even Adam, who is not fully capable anymore, could end it. The unsure so called Adam, the Great Guardian, of himself took the leap and brought hope to Tseroffians. The peaceful world of Tseroff will now be the battlefield of a war that suddenly started. Their past will never be the same and their future will only wait.
The Scarlet Queen
Author: Eric Leif Davin
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359641563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Anne Bonney had sworn eternal vengeance against the British Empire, which had sent a fleet to destroy her. But would the vampire in her own crew be more dangerous?
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359641563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Anne Bonney had sworn eternal vengeance against the British Empire, which had sent a fleet to destroy her. But would the vampire in her own crew be more dangerous?
Kandahar’S Pylochan
Author: Mahmud Nazari
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514448912
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
The story of Pylochan, or the Barefooted, is that of a courageous people of Kandahar whose story has never been told before. They were given the name Pylochan by the Farsi-speaking people as they attacked the enemy camps during the night barefooted so as not to make a sound. These young warriors gave hope to the oppressed people of Kandahar by the Persian Empire of independence and victory. This book tells the story of some of the Pylochan that lived many years after the independence from Persian Empire.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514448912
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
The story of Pylochan, or the Barefooted, is that of a courageous people of Kandahar whose story has never been told before. They were given the name Pylochan by the Farsi-speaking people as they attacked the enemy camps during the night barefooted so as not to make a sound. These young warriors gave hope to the oppressed people of Kandahar by the Persian Empire of independence and victory. This book tells the story of some of the Pylochan that lived many years after the independence from Persian Empire.
Intifada
Author: M. Clement HALL
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 055720254X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
The author is a surgeon who worked in the Jewish hospital of Jerusalem during the 1967 war, and in a Palestinian hospital in Gaza during the Intifada uprising. The book describes the medical and social effects of the ongoing Intifada on the population of Palestine, as of 1991.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 055720254X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
The author is a surgeon who worked in the Jewish hospital of Jerusalem during the 1967 war, and in a Palestinian hospital in Gaza during the Intifada uprising. The book describes the medical and social effects of the ongoing Intifada on the population of Palestine, as of 1991.
Margot's Memoir--Surviving Hitler and Stalin
Author: Margot Richens
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460235533
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Margot Richens grew up in Nazi Germany. In school she learned obedience and self-repression. Her table grace: “Fold your hands, bow your head, and thank the Fuehrer for your bread.” She belonged to the Hitler Youth, and she sold blue advent candles for Hitler. During the war, she survived the bombing and escaped the raping of two million females as Germany collapsed. Then Margot speaks of infestations of lice and scabies, of no heat and stealing coal, of root canals without anesthesia, of eating dogs, even of cannibalism. She speaks of refugee camps and deportations to Russia. Every male seemed a predator, and Communist oppression replaced Nazi oppression as the Soviets “liberated everything dear to us.” Then came her harrowing escape westward. Through all the terror, the love for her mother runs through her memoir like a golden thread—the saving uplift to the benumbing cruelties of the Nazis and Soviets, the belittling unkindness of her father, and the uncaring thoughtlessness of the alcoholic, Canadian soldier she married. In 1955 the newly-weds arrived in Canada where Margot, bearing the weight of past and present, began her search for self-expression and her own light...
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460235533
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Margot Richens grew up in Nazi Germany. In school she learned obedience and self-repression. Her table grace: “Fold your hands, bow your head, and thank the Fuehrer for your bread.” She belonged to the Hitler Youth, and she sold blue advent candles for Hitler. During the war, she survived the bombing and escaped the raping of two million females as Germany collapsed. Then Margot speaks of infestations of lice and scabies, of no heat and stealing coal, of root canals without anesthesia, of eating dogs, even of cannibalism. She speaks of refugee camps and deportations to Russia. Every male seemed a predator, and Communist oppression replaced Nazi oppression as the Soviets “liberated everything dear to us.” Then came her harrowing escape westward. Through all the terror, the love for her mother runs through her memoir like a golden thread—the saving uplift to the benumbing cruelties of the Nazis and Soviets, the belittling unkindness of her father, and the uncaring thoughtlessness of the alcoholic, Canadian soldier she married. In 1955 the newly-weds arrived in Canada where Margot, bearing the weight of past and present, began her search for self-expression and her own light...
The Son Of Odin: The Shadow
Author: Esa Myllylä
Publisher: Esa Myllylä
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
In year 851 a dark world is rising with a birth. What does the Shadows want and what have triggered this increased activity? What is the Shadow and what may the gods suddenly intervene in human choice? From 12 years and above. Now its is free!
Publisher: Esa Myllylä
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
In year 851 a dark world is rising with a birth. What does the Shadows want and what have triggered this increased activity? What is the Shadow and what may the gods suddenly intervene in human choice? From 12 years and above. Now its is free!
America's Army and the Language of Grunts
Author: E. Kelly Taylor
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452042438
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
a powerful sketch of America's Soldiers depicted in their unique lingo legacy a fascinating array of cultural jargon based on a proud history and known as the language of Grunts compelling leadership lessons built on a legacy fashioned by Warriors, celebrated by Veterans, shared with families, and intriguing to citizens Americans share the pride of ownership -all contributing to the rich cultural lingo of our Nation's Army a timely insight into America's Army and her Citizen Soldiers, viewed through a proud legacy of lingo steeped in tradition and filled with contemporary influences the old, and the new
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452042438
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
a powerful sketch of America's Soldiers depicted in their unique lingo legacy a fascinating array of cultural jargon based on a proud history and known as the language of Grunts compelling leadership lessons built on a legacy fashioned by Warriors, celebrated by Veterans, shared with families, and intriguing to citizens Americans share the pride of ownership -all contributing to the rich cultural lingo of our Nation's Army a timely insight into America's Army and her Citizen Soldiers, viewed through a proud legacy of lingo steeped in tradition and filled with contemporary influences the old, and the new
Wrath and Retribution
Author: R.G. Taark
Publisher: Boruma Publishing
ISBN: 0984999663
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
A lone man who carries the name of the Empire's ultimate shame and anonymity, ‘John Smith.’ Stripped of everything from his past, cast out and stumbling through the world he sees everything he grew up believing with new eyes. The harsh realities of his world nip at his flanks and heels every day of his new life, while memories and painful traumas of his old life plague his days and even nights. ~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~ Samson opened his eyes with a splitting headache and dry mouth, feeling slightly disoriented from the flooding rush of his life's memories over two decades prior. The series of dreams had assaulted him like the days they had happened all tumbled together. The first was pleasant, but the second left him feeling like he was still experiencing it. It took him several breaths to realize that he was indeed older and these injuries were fresh, not inflicted by the dream. The confusion between the threshold of waking and jarring dreams was disorienting, made worse by the fog of painkillers. He was stiff and sore like he had spent all day lifting weights, not stretched after and then had laid stationary for hours. The glare from the lighting was oppressive, like it was being shined directly into his brain straight through his closed lids. With an irritated groan he turned his head to the left. The stabs of pain, and protesting muscles in his neck and back made him wish he hadn't. Cracking his eyes, knowing he wasn't going to be able to sleep anymore, the three human shaped shadows solidified into Persephone, and her mother and father. Samson's painful irritation at waking up in such miserable conditions quickly turned to confusion as he looked around the unfamiliar room, washed out in glaring light, turning his eyes only. Since everything else hurt to move, including his grumpy waking up face, he decided not to push his luck. Why everyone was looking at him was disconcerting. Why he was in a strange bed was puzzling. How he arrived here was confusing. And why Lady Celine was in a similarly uncomfortable bed next to him was baffling. Persephone leaned forward and shoved something cold between his lips. Her only instruction was, "Open." Curiosity giving way to trust, Samson realized it was an ice chip. The sweet explosion of cold and wet water in his mouth tasted better than any meal he had ever had. The prone Lady Celine was the first to sarcastically assault him, "So Mister 'First Gladiator of the Empire', what has been running through your head the last three quarters of an hour?" Baffled by the question, a different question of his own arrived in his mind. All he could croak through his dried tongue and lips was, "Time?" Lady Celine looked sunken and pale, in her bed. The fluid tubes running into her from every direction indicated 'hospital' of some kind as his brain started coming up to speed. Phyllip grumbled, "Almost time for dinner, and time for you to answer the question."
Publisher: Boruma Publishing
ISBN: 0984999663
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
A lone man who carries the name of the Empire's ultimate shame and anonymity, ‘John Smith.’ Stripped of everything from his past, cast out and stumbling through the world he sees everything he grew up believing with new eyes. The harsh realities of his world nip at his flanks and heels every day of his new life, while memories and painful traumas of his old life plague his days and even nights. ~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~ Samson opened his eyes with a splitting headache and dry mouth, feeling slightly disoriented from the flooding rush of his life's memories over two decades prior. The series of dreams had assaulted him like the days they had happened all tumbled together. The first was pleasant, but the second left him feeling like he was still experiencing it. It took him several breaths to realize that he was indeed older and these injuries were fresh, not inflicted by the dream. The confusion between the threshold of waking and jarring dreams was disorienting, made worse by the fog of painkillers. He was stiff and sore like he had spent all day lifting weights, not stretched after and then had laid stationary for hours. The glare from the lighting was oppressive, like it was being shined directly into his brain straight through his closed lids. With an irritated groan he turned his head to the left. The stabs of pain, and protesting muscles in his neck and back made him wish he hadn't. Cracking his eyes, knowing he wasn't going to be able to sleep anymore, the three human shaped shadows solidified into Persephone, and her mother and father. Samson's painful irritation at waking up in such miserable conditions quickly turned to confusion as he looked around the unfamiliar room, washed out in glaring light, turning his eyes only. Since everything else hurt to move, including his grumpy waking up face, he decided not to push his luck. Why everyone was looking at him was disconcerting. Why he was in a strange bed was puzzling. How he arrived here was confusing. And why Lady Celine was in a similarly uncomfortable bed next to him was baffling. Persephone leaned forward and shoved something cold between his lips. Her only instruction was, "Open." Curiosity giving way to trust, Samson realized it was an ice chip. The sweet explosion of cold and wet water in his mouth tasted better than any meal he had ever had. The prone Lady Celine was the first to sarcastically assault him, "So Mister 'First Gladiator of the Empire', what has been running through your head the last three quarters of an hour?" Baffled by the question, a different question of his own arrived in his mind. All he could croak through his dried tongue and lips was, "Time?" Lady Celine looked sunken and pale, in her bed. The fluid tubes running into her from every direction indicated 'hospital' of some kind as his brain started coming up to speed. Phyllip grumbled, "Almost time for dinner, and time for you to answer the question."