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Hanford, William B.

 
9780811734851: Dangerous Assignment
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0811734854 ISBN 13 : 9780811734851
Editeur : Stackpole Books, 2008

Synopsis

  • Rare memoir of a risky job performed by relatively few troops
  • Honest and observant narrative describes the good, bad, and ugly of the war
  • Covers World War II's closing months in eastern France and Germany
    Cpl. Bill Hanford had one of the U.S. Army's most dangerous jobs in World War II: artillery forward observer (FO). Tasked with calling in heavy fire on the enemy, FOs accompanied infantrymen into combat, crawled into no-man's-land, and ascended observation posts like hills and ridges to find their targets. But beyond the usual perils of ground combat, FOs were specially targeted by the enemy because of their crucial role in directing artillery fire. Hanford spent much of his time fighting in the Vosges Mountains in eastern France and then in Germany in late 1944 and early 1945.

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    À propos de l'auteur

    William B. Hanford served as a forward observer in World War II with the U.S. 103rd Infantry Division of the Seventh Army. A retired teacher, he lives in Howell, Michigan.

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    Éditeur
    Stackpole Books
    Date d'édition
    2008
    Langue
    anglais
    ISBN 10 
    0811734854
    ISBN 13 
    9780811734851
    Reliure
    Broché
    Nombre de pages
    272
    Coordonnées du fabricant
    non disponible
    Personne responsable
    Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV
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