Scrimmage for War: A Story of Pearl Harbor, Football, and World War II - Couverture rigide

McWilliams, Bill

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ISBN 10 : 0811738671 ISBN 13 : 9780811738675

Editeur : Stackpole Books, 2019

Synopsis

In late November 1941, two college football teams—Willamette University and San Jose State—set sail for Honolulu for a series of games with the University of Hawaii. Instead of a festive few weeks of football and fun, the players found themselves caught up in the first days of the United States’ war with Japan. For two weeks after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, the young men were recruited to dig and man trenches, string barbed wire, guard hotels, and join patrols as martial law took hold in Honolulu. They arrived home on Christmas Day after a dangerous journey back across the Pacific. Almost all of the players would go on to fight in the war.

This is a different kind of war story, blending battle and gridiron—along with a strong dose of human interest, of college-aged young men unexpectedly caught up in the world war. This is a story of war and football, of Pearl Harbor and the first moments of the U.S. in World War II. It is a story of the very first days of World War II as experienced by a group of young men who witnessed it firsthand—and would soon be fighting it (indeed, who were already fighting it). This is a story of heroism, courage, self-sacrifice, and duty in the maelstrom of war.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bill McWilliams graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and went on to join the U.S. Air Force and complete a combat tour of 128 missions in Vietnam. He has written for numerous newspapers in California, Nevada, Texas, and New Mexico and for VFW Magazine and various military and professional publications. His previous books include On Hallowed Ground: The Last Battle for Pork Chop Hill. He lives near Provo, Utah.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stackpole Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0811738671
• ISBN 13: 9780811738675
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne