Camp Maxey Two
Title | Camp Maxey Two PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Lyle |
Publisher | |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Archaeological surveying |
ISBN |
102nd Infantry Division
Title | 102nd Infantry Division PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Turner Publishing Company |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | 1563116863 |
The Ozarks carried into battle no valorous history: it's only traditions were those of the Army as a whole.
The Medical Department of the United States Army in World War II.
Title | The Medical Department of the United States Army in World War II. PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Army Medical Service |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1186 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Unsolved Texas Mysteries
Title | Unsolved Texas Mysteries PDF eBook |
Author | Wallace O. Chariton |
Publisher | Taylor Trade Publications |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 1992-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1556222564 |
What happened to the documents captured in the Alamo? Does a ghost actually haunt the state capitol in Austin? Was John Wilkes Booth killed or did he escape and flee to Central Texas? The authors present the known facts and circumstances of these and other mysteries.
Chief of Staff, Vol. 2
Title | Chief of Staff, Vol. 2 PDF eBook |
Author | David T Zabecki |
Publisher | Naval Institute Press |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2013-11-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1612515592 |
The two-volume Chief of Staff examines the history, development, and role of the military duty position of the chief of staff. Many books have studied history's great commanders and the art of command. None have focused exclusively on the chief of staff -—that key staff officer responsible for translating the ideas of the commander into practical plans that common soldiers can execute successfully on the battlefield. In some cases, it is almost impossible to think of certain great commanders without also thinking of their chief of staff. Napoleon's chief of staff Berthier and Eisenhower's chief of staff Bedell Smith are two examples that are profiled in this work. Zabecki and his collaborators examine the history, development, and role of the chief of staff primarily through profiles of the most important practitioners of the art. These books are published in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army.
United States Army in World War II
Title | United States Army in World War II PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Dept. of the Army. Office of Military History |
Publisher | |
Pages | 728 |
Release | 1948 |
Genre | America |
ISBN |
The Longest Winter
Title | The Longest Winter PDF eBook |
Author | Alex Kershaw |
Publisher | Da Capo Press |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2007-04-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0306815966 |
The epic story of the vastly outnumbered platoon that stopped Germany's leading assault in the Ardennes forest and prevented Hitler's most fearsome tanks from overtaking American positions On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under the command of twenty-year-old lieutenant Lyle Bouck were huddled in their foxholes trying desperately to keep warm. Suddenly, the early morning silence was broken by the roar of a huge artillery bombardment and the dreadful sound of approaching tanks. Hitler had launched his bold and risky offensive against the Allies-his "last gamble"-and the small American platoon was facing the main thrust of the entire German assault. Vastly outnumbered, they repulsed three German assaults in a fierce day-long battle, killing over five hundred German soldiers and defending a strategically vital hill. Only when Bouck's men had run out of ammunition did they surrender to the enemy. As POWs, Bouck's platoon began an ordeal far worse than combat-survive in captivity under trigger-happy German guards, Allied bombing raids, and a daily ration of only thin soup. In German POW camps, hundreds of captured Americans were either killed or died of disease, and most lost all hope. But the men of Bouck's platoon survived-miraculously, all of them. Once again in vivid, dramatic prose, Alex Kershaw brings to life the story of some of America's little-known heroes-the story of America's most decorated small unit, an epic story of courage and survival in World War II, and one of the most inspiring stories in American history.