No Average Day: The 24 Hours of October 24, 1944 - Couverture rigide

Simmons, Rona

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0826223176 ISBN 13 : 9780826223173

Editeur : University of Missouri Press, 2024

Synopsis

On Tuesday, October 24, 1944, nearly three years after the United States entered World War II, over 2,600 Americans perished--more than on any other single day of the conflict--yet the day remains overshadowed by more widely remembered dates in WWII history. Drawing from the accounts of men from diverse backgrounds who served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Corps, Rona Simmons offers a gripping retelling of the fateful day, hour by hour and incident by incident. The book begins with Army Private First Class Paul Miller's demise in a prisoner of war camp and ends with the death of Navy Seaman Second Class Wanza E. Matthews after the Japanese submarine I-56 attacked his ship off New Guinea. The sinking of the Japanese "hellship" Arisan Maru--a lesser-known tragedy of the war--looms large, deftly interwoven through each part of the narrative.

Perhaps the most compelling aspect of No Average Day is its attention to the human side of conflict, telling the stories of ordinary individuals--clerks, radio operators, cooks, sailors, machinist mates, riflemen, and pilots and their air crews--as they grapple with the horrors of the war. Despite its narrow focus, or perhaps because of it, No Average Day reveals the vastness of World War II through a consideration of the largely overlooked events that unfolded on what, for members of the US Armed Forces, was its deadliest day.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rona Simmons is an author of historical fiction and nonfiction focusing on the period from World War I to the Great Depression to World War II. Her books include The Other Veterans of World War II and A Gathering of Men.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Missouri Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826223176
• ISBN 13: 9780826223173
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 362
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