History of Texas World War Heroes
Title | History of Texas World War Heroes PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 608 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | World War, 1914-1918 |
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History of Texas World War Heroes
Title | History of Texas World War Heroes PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 702 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | World War, 1914-1918 |
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Index to History of Texas World War Heroes
Title | Index to History of Texas World War Heroes PDF eBook |
Author | Gerri L. Brannan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History of Texas world war heroes |
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Twelve Texas Aggie War Heroes
Title | Twelve Texas Aggie War Heroes PDF eBook |
Author | James R. Woodall |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2015-12-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1623493196 |
Following on the success of Texas Aggie Medals of Honor, James R. Woodall now returns with a new book that focuses on the military service by graduates of Texas A&M University from World War I to Vietnam. Of the tens of thousands of Aggies who served in the nation’s military, Woodall has selected twelve individuals who stand out as singular examples of bravery and heroism. Twelve Texas Aggie War Heroes tells each serviceman’s story in a concise, engaging manner. Some subjects, such as Earl Rudder and James Hollingsworth, will be familiar to readers. But Woodall also introduces us to less familiar but no less notable men as well, from A. D. Bruce’s march from the trenches of France and the crossing of the Rhine in World War I to Bob Acklen’s three tours in Vietnam. In addition to the twelve chapters focusing on these remarkable individuals, Woodall provides an extensive set of appendixes that include the relevant citations for each serviceman as well as larger lists of Aggies who were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross.
The Texas Military Experience
Title | The Texas Military Experience PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph G. Dawson |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Texas |
ISBN | 9781603441971 |
In this first scholarly collection to focus on Texas' military heritage, prominent authors reevaluate famous personalities, reassess noted battles and units, call for new historical points to be considered, and bring fresh perspectives to such matters as the interplay of fiction, film, and historical understanding.
Twenty-One Texas Heroes
Title | Twenty-One Texas Heroes PDF eBook |
Author | Eileen Santangelo Hult |
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Pages | |
Release | 2020-10-30 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781733538046 |
Texas and World War I
Title | Texas and World War I PDF eBook |
Author | Gregory W. Ball |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2019-02-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1625110537 |
On November 11, 1918, what was then called “the Great War” ended. The consequences of four years of warfare in Europe reverberated throughout the world, leaving few places untouched. Even though it was far from the scenes of conflict, Texas was forever changed, as historian Gregory W. Ball details in Texas and World War I. This accessible history recounts the ways in which the war affected Texas and Texans politically, socially, and economically. Texas’s position on the United States border with Mexico and on the western edge of the American South profoundly influenced the ways in which the war affected the state, from fears of invasion from the across the Rio Grande—fears that put the state’s significant German American population under suspicion—to the racial tensions that flared when African American soldiers challenged Jim Crow. When thousands of Texas men were drafted into the U.S. Army and the federal government developed a host of training grounds and airfields (many close to the state’s burgeoning cities) in response to U.S. entry into the war, this heavily rural state that had long been outside the national mainstream was had become more “American” than ever before.