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Goodrich, Austin

 
9780595495566: Blackhawk Recollections: 86th Infantry Division Members Remember
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595495567 ISBN 13 : 9780595495566
Editeur : iUniverse, 2008

Synopsis

The eighteen-year-olds who filled the ranks of the 86th Blackhawk Division were headed for college or the Air Force when they were ordered into the infantry. Their non-commissioned officer superiors made up for their limited formal schooling by street smarts acquired during work on farms and factories all over the country. Sociologists and military historians might have forecast a disastrous future for such a topsy-turvy composition of 15,000 infantry troops. But somehow it worked. The 86th Division, named after a brave military leader of the Sauk Indians, trained in Louisiana and California before being sent to the European Theatre of Operations. In its 42 days of combat, the Blackhawks fought their way from the Ruhr Pocket 220 miles into Bavaria, crossed seven rivers and took 53,000 prisoners.The "kids," now men, ended their military service in The Philippines, after which many of them returned to successful careers in medicine, law and business.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The eighteen-year-olds who filled the ranks of the 86th Blackhawk Division were headed for college or the Air Force when they were ordered into the infantry. Their non-commissioned officer superiors made up for their limited formal schooling by street smarts acquired during work on farms and factories all over the country. Sociologists and military historians might have forecast a disastrous future for such a topsy-turvy composition of 15,000 infantry troops. But somehow it worked. The 86th Division, named after a brave military leader of the Sauk Indians, trained in Louisiana and California before being sent to the European Theatre of Operations. In its 42 days of combat, the Blackhawks fought their way from the Ruhr Pocket 220 miles into Bavaria, crossed seven rivers and took 53,000 prisoners.The "kids," now men, ended their military service in The Philippines, after which many of them returned to successful careers in medicine, law and business.

Biographie de l'auteur

Austin Goodrich, author of Born To Spy, served during World War II as a light machine gunner in the 86th Infantry ?Blackhawk? Division. As a Board member of the 86th Association and editor of its newsletter, The Bugle, Goodrich collected true stories of his comrades? wartime experiences that appear here.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595495567
ISBN 13 
9780595495566
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
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