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An American
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by Commander US
Navy Retired Victor "Tory" Failmezger (Author) , US Army Retired LTC Tim
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Lieutenant, Thomas Peter Welch, in the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion
during World War II. The story of the 601st TD BN is told in Tommy's
more than 150 letters from the front and the unpublished memoirs and
diaries of the men who were there. The book follows the Battalion from
stateside training to North Africa, the withdrawal at the Kasserine
Pass, and on to victory over Rommel at El Guetter. The Battalion was
part of the invasion of Italy at Salerno and crossed the Volturno on the
road to Cassino. Landing at Anzio, they became trapped on the beachhead
for four months until the breakout and the liberation of Rome. They were
first ashore for the "Forgotten D-Day" in Southern France and were there
for the resultant battles against winter and the SS in the Vosges
Mountains, and smashing the Colmar Pocket. At the end, they crossed the
Siegfried Line and raced across Germany to Hitler's Eagle Nest. "An
American Knight" contains period maps and hundreds of illustrations,
many from private collections and never before published. It is 480
pages, with hundreds of footnotes, 12 appendices and a twenty-plus page
bibliography. Signed copies of this special unabridged author's edition
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The 3rd
Infantry Division developed an outstanding reputation for aggressiveness
and combat effectiveness in World War II.
In its 10 campaigns in North Africa, the
Mediterranean Theater, and in Europe the Rock of the Marne spent 531
days in combat, incurred 25,977 casualties, had 41 Medal of Honor
recipients (the most of any division in WWII), and was decorated with
the highest unit awards by the United States (the Presidential Unit
Citation) and by France (the Croix-de-Guerre).
Combat units of World War II were comprised
of men.
It is the men of the 3rd
Infantry Division and its attached units who earned that outstanding
reputation, with their blood, their sweat, and their courage through
innumerable fights in all conditions of weather and terrain.
The most famous of those men are the division’s
Medal of Honor recipients – their stories were told in the press and
have been kept alive in books which are still sold today.
However, countless other brave men fought in
this war, many died with their heroism unseen and thus unremarked,
others received lesser awards for heroism which fellow soldiers would
know to respect but which do not carry the caché the Medal of Honor
does, while all who survived the war worked hard to establish a sense of
normalcy after the trauma they experienced.
Their stories also deserve to be told.
Tory Failmezger does this with his book on
his uncle, 1 LT Peter “Tommy” Welch.
Reading the chapters on his combat service Tommy
Welch fit right in in this aggressive combat division.
He was the kind of soldier that 3rd
Infantry Division Commander Major General John Wilson “Iron Mike”
O’Daniel wanted, the kind who would take the fight to the enemy, who
would accept risk in order to bring the war to an end more quickly.
It was kill or be killed, and Tommy Welch was
good at it and lucky.
Tory has brought his uncle back to life, using
his war time letters he paints a clear picture of a confident, maybe
even cocky, young American fighting man.
Tory also takes us back in time, with his
extensive use of period materials, to provide us a better understanding
of the Army of WWII, and the America of those times.
Almost 70 years have passed since the war ended,
very few of the Greatest Generation are still among us, and few younger
Americans have had the privilege of knowing a WWII veteran.
The America of the 1940s doesn’t exist anymore,
and it is difficult to put ourselves into the shoes of the men and women
who rose to the occasion to defeat Nazism in Europe and preserved
American freedom while aiding the Nations of Europe to regain their
liberty.
Tommy’s post-war years show a restless man
who appears to have been unable to come to closure with the sudden end
to his part in the war.
He seems to have been a man who found himself
while mastering the challenges and the risks of combat.
After the intense combat he experienced it is
clear little in a peaceful world, in a tidy civilian existence, could
provide him the adrenaline rush he needed and only experienced in
combat.
In today’s America it is probable many young men
returning to civilian life after time in Iraq and/or Afghanistan face
the same challenge.
Tory is extremely fortunate to have spent
time with Tommy – what college kid would not love an uncle who would
show him the ropes in the necessary, if not always openly discussed,
social skills of young men?
And we are extremely fortunate that Tory has
chosen to share his deep affection for his uncle with us through this
lovingly written and well-researched book.
I
highly recommend this book to our members as it accurately pictures what
life was like in the tank destroyers in WWII.
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My book on Captain Michael J. Daly
of A Company, 15th Infantry Regiment, who received the Medal of
Honor for his actions on April 18, 1945, in Nuremberg will be
released on September 1. It is published by Texas A&M University
Press and is entitled A Cause Greater Than Self: The Journey of
Michael J. Daly, WWII Medal of Honor Recipient. It is available
at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com As you know, I had the
privilege of interviewing Mike Daly many times. He and I became good
friends and we spoke three or four times a week over the course of a
six year period. He was one of the best men I have ever known. In
eleven months of combat from Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, to April
19, 1945 in Nuremberg where he was severely wounded, Mike's
gallantry resulted in two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star with "V" for
valor, three Silver Stars, the Medal of Honor and went from private
to captain and company commander. And all before reaching the age of
twenty-one! A Company became known as "Daly Company" in his honor. I
hope that you enjoy the book and that I do justice to Mike's memory.
Thank you for all of your help on this project.
P.S. My Facebook
site has a lot of information about Mike and the book, including
many photographs. You can view it at Steve Ochs
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Making John a
Soldier:
A Nebraskan Goes to War [Paperback]
John Malloy Sr (Author)
The author, born in Nebraska in 1923 after struggling through the
depression years of the Desperate Thirties volunteered for military
service in 1942. I subsequently fought in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and
Central Europe campaigns and earned the Combat Infantry Badge and was
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Publication Date: November 13, 2011
"Making John a Soldier A Nebraskan Goes to War" describes the life and
trials of some of the 16,000,000 Americans who fought freedom's battle
in World War II- the group Tom Brocaw dubbed " The Greatest Generation."
The book describes how World War II engulfed the author's life from
his enlistment in 1942 until his discharge three years later. It
includes highlights of life changing experiences the author encountered
as an infantry rookie training in California's desert in 1943 to the
role he later played helping crush Hitler's minions.
The book is
more than a history of one person or one infantry division. Rather it
describes key battle actions of Army units in both the Pacific and
European theaters, as well as pivotal Marine and Naval engagements in
the Pacific. It examines the titanic Russian and German struggles from
Germany's invasion of Russia in June 1941 to the Soviet's final conquest
of Berlin in 1945. Thirty maps depict settings where crucial battles
were fought in both the European and Pacific theaters.
The book
often focuses on the individual warrior who fought alone against a
determined and brutal enemy. The book delineates strategy dictated by
the most senior command, guiding battle action of friend and foe alike.
"Making John A Soldier" provides a view of the uncelebrated sacrifices
and bravery of the ordinary American GI during World War II. It recounts
the heroic exploits of a special group-seven Nebraskans awarded the
Medal of Honor.
The exploits of the 3d Infantry Division are well
documented in this book . These include its part in the Torch invasion
in North Africa in November 1942,the invasion of Sicily, and the battle
at the Anzio Beachhead. There follows a review of the invasion of
Southern France, followed by the bloody fight in Colmar driving the last
Germans back across the Rhine River.
The book, however, is more
than a history of one person or one infantry division. It describes key
battle actions in both the Pacific and European theaters. It also
examines selected Russian and German battles from Germany’s invasion of
Russia in June 1941 to the Soviet’s conquest of Berlin in 1945. Thirty
maps depict settings where crucial battles were fought in both Europe
and the Pacific.
Many of the 3d infantry Division Veterans and
their children and grandchildren will enjoy learning more about the
exploits of the 3d Division in World War II while also learning how this
division's brave warriors overcame a determined and ruthless enemy.
For more information go to:
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A Letter Marked
Free:
A Powerful and Gripping Account of a Combat Soldier in WWII
[Paperback]
Robert Lynch (Author) |
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A Letter Marked Free is the true story of a young combat soldier
on the battlefield in World War II as told through his letters home to
his family. The letters powerfully portray life on the front lines and
the vivid accounts reveal the intense hardships endured for the cause of
freedom.
Bob Lynch was nineteen and living in Rye, NY, when the
Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served
in the 3rd Infantry Division as a combat rifleman, light machine-gunner,
and mortarman. Bob was wounded and missing in action (MIA) behind enemy
lines for over 10 days. He received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and
Combat Infantryman Badge, along with many other honors. He participated
in first-wave amphibious assault landings on Anzio, Italy, and St.
Tropez, France, and accumulated an incredible 350 days in frontline
combat.
Bob was awarded the French Legion of Honor in January
2007 in recognition and gratitude for his role in the liberation of
France. He received France's highest decoration "for outstanding valor
and service during WWII." Previously, he had been awarded the French
Croix de Guerre with Palm twice and coveted fourragere.
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Publication Date:
October 28, 2006
In the second year of the Korean War, Jack Siewert
commanded a platoon of five M-46 tanks. Temporarily
assigned to provide fire support for an infantry
battalion on the front, he eventually found himself
in the midst of intense fighting for a relatively
unknown and unimportant hill, code named Outpost
Kelly.
Those four days of battle against Chinese forces
form the heart of this memoir, which is unique in
its focus on the hill fighting that dominated two
thirds of the Korean War. Trained to take advantage
of his tanks’ mobility, his orders—to provide direct
fire support for advancing infantry—along with the
mountainous terrain and the torrential monsoon rains
that created shin-deep fields of impenetrable mud,
forced him to abandon doctrine and improvise.
At the height of the fighting, Siewert was able to
bring to bear the guns from only one of his five
tanks against the enemy. Nevertheless, his platoon
played a key role in allowing members of the 15th
Infantry to retake Outpost Kelly, and he offers an
excellent analysis of how theory and experience come
together in a point-of-the-spear military situation.
Siewert's platoon played a key role in allowing
members of the 15th Infantry to retake Outpost
Kelly, and he offers an excellent analysis of how
theory and experience come together in a
point-of-the-spear military situation. Outpost
Kelly also paints a fascinating picture of the
type of fighting, often overlooked, that
characterized the second and third years of the
Korean War. With truce talks proceeding in
Panmunjom, both sides fought to claim incremental
pieces of real estate along the demarcation line
between North and South.
In the grand scheme of the war, the battle for
Outpost Kelly might not ahce meant much. But for 3rd
Infantry Division, and the men, like Jack Siewert,
who fought there, it was the entire focal point of
the war during the last four days of July, 1952.
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My Life-
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The book that I wrote of my War Years
in World War 2 has now been published by “Author House Publishing” . The
story begins very briefly with my last two years of Agawam High School
in Massachusetts just to give you some in-site on how “World War
2”---the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the war already going with
Adolph Hitler’s armies fighting in France and Poland and about to attack
the shores of England and already bombing regularly, the cities of
England including London itself. Not knowing if our school lives would
be interrupted by these wars--whether to sign up for higher education as
previously planned at Colleges and Business Schools.---in fact, do we
even have a future to look forward to------think about it-------so do
we----Just kids-----actually - do we have a future? Already, one of our
school students joined the Merchant Marines---His Dad followed suit and
they were assigned to the same cargo ship-----it was torpedoed and sunk
just off the New Jersey shore-----both Father and Son, our fellow
student, ceased to have a future to look forward to.
My book is
now available in both Hard Cover and Soft Cover. You can go on the
Internet and type in “Authorhouse”----then my name as------ Stanley B.
Loomis, Sr. or the title of my book---- My Life-My War-World War 2
------- and my book will come up on the screen. It has 643 pages and
besides the photo on the cover, there are 14 more photos within my book.
The book consists of 54 Chapters--------the 54th Chapter is of my return
to France in 1999 with my wife, Ruthie and two of our daughters, Cheryl
and Patricia. My book is also available at “Barns and Noble” and
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My Comrades and Me
Staff Sergeant Al
Brown's WWII Memoirs
by Al Brown
Author Al Brown, like a few million others, was
a civilian one day and a serviceman the next. In My Comrades
and Me: Staff Sergeant Al Brown’s WWII Memoirs, he gives
you a glimpse into his life as a soldier and his personal experiences
during the Second World War. Brown,
Xlibris (380
pp.)
$29.99; $19.99 paperback
$9.99 e-book
January 25, 2011
ISBN: 978-1456853969
Paper: 978-1456853952
e-book: 978-1456853976
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"On July 11, 1943,
General Lucian Truscott received the Army’s second-highest
decoration, the Distinguished Service Cross, for valor in action in
Sicily. During his career he also received the Army Distinguished
Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Navy Distinguished Service
Medal, the Legion of Merit, and the Purple Heart. Truscott was one
of the most significant of all U.S. Army generals in World War II,
pioneering new combat training methods, including the famous
“Truscott Trot," and excelling as a combat commander, who turned the
3d Infantry Division into one of the finest divisions in the U.S.
Army. He was instrumental in winning many of the most important
battles of the war, participating in the invasions of North Africa,
Sicily, Anzio, and southern France. Both peers and 'dogfaces,' i.e.,
common soldiers, respected Truscott, and General Eisenhower ranked
him second only to George S. Patton Jr. as a field army commander.
"Yet no definitive
history of his life has been compiled. Wilson Heefner corrects that
with the first authoritative biography of this distinguished
American military leader. Heefner has undertaken impressive research
in primary sources—as well as interviews with family members and
former associates—to shed new light on this overlooked hero. He
presents Truscott as a soldier who was shaped by his upbringing,
civilian and military education, family life, friendships, and
evolving experiences as a commander both in and out of combat.
"Heefner’s brisk
narrative explores Truscott’s thirty–year Army career and defines
his roles in key operations. It also examines Truscott’s postwar
service as military governor of Bavaria, particularly his role in
improving living conditions for Jewish displaced persons, removing
Nazis from civil government, and assisting in the trials of German
war criminals. And it offers the first comprehensive examination of
his subsequent career in the Central Intelligence Agency, where he
served as senior CIA representative in West Germany during the early
days of the Cold War, and later as CIA Director Allen Dulles’s
deputy director for coordination in Washington.
"Dogface Soldier
is a portrait of a man who earned a reputation for being honest,
forthright, fearless, and aggressive, both as a military officer and
in his personal life—a man who, at the dedication ceremony for the
Anzio–Nettuno American cemetery in 1945, turned away from the crowd
and faced the thousands of crosses stretching before him to address
those buried there. Heefner has written a definitive biography of a
great soldier and patriot."
About the Author
Wilson A. Heefner, a retired physician, lives in Stockton,
California. He retired from the U.S. Army in the grade of colonel
after forty-one years of service as an enlisted man, infantry
officer, and medical officer in the Regular Army, Army National
Guard, and U.S. Army Reserve. He is the author of Twentieth
Century Warrior: The Life and Service of Major General Edwin D.
Patrick and Patton's Bulldog: The Life and Service of General
Walton H. Walker.
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Bad Wildungen in der Nachkriegszeit: Eine
Bilddokumentation (Taschenbuch)
Thomas Seibel (Author)
(Bad Wildungen in the postwar
period: An image documentation (Paperback))
* Paperback: 96 pages
* Publisher: Geiger-Verlag: 1 Edition (December 14, 2009)
* Language: German
* ISBN-10: 3865953492
* ISBN-13: 978-3865953490
the book is obtainable (€ 18,90 plus shipping) from the publishers:
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A Kid from Pittsburgh by Marion Rosen
With Morris Rosen
I first conceived the
idea for a biography about my husband’s early years from age 13 to20
while touring Europe in 1994 for the 50th anniversary of D-Day. For
this journey, World War II veterans from the U.S. Army’s Third
Division traveled over the same paths they’d covered 50 years
earlier in 1944 while struggling to take back territory seized by
Hitler.
By witnessing the incredible obstacles our troops had to overcome
first-hand, I instinctively understood that these men had gone
through much more than the history books have reported. My husband,
Morris Rosen, usually chose to talk about only a few incidents that
were, at times, hilariously funny, but I wanted to delve deeper. I
talked to the veterans and chronicled their stories. I especially
wanted to know more about the almost-unbelievable events that still
caused my husband and the rest of the men to grow teary-eyed so many
years later.
As I learned the unadulterated story of the war from a private’s
perspective, I also came to understand the heartbreak of a mere boy
who’d run away from a wretched home life to go off to war at 17.
War is never an easy topic to grasp, but A KID FROM PITTSBURGH is
sensitive yet out-spoken. Rowdy, yet gentle. Brutal circumstances
are made comprehensible. War is interpreted by a kid who grew up
without even realizing it.
Comments about A KID FROM PITTSBURGH:
“Marion Rosen’s biography on husband, WWII hero Morris Rosen in her
A KID FROM PITTSBURGH is a story that no Hollywood screenwriter
could create. This is a must read for everyone.”
Roger Corman, Award winning filmmaker
“While Audie Murphy is perhaps the most renowned WWII hero it would
be hard not to include Morris Rosen as someone high up on this list.
Corporal Rosen was an amazing young man who performed miracles
during WWII in putting his life on the line in the most dangerous
situations imaginable.”
Edward Janke, Retired U.S. Army Colonel
"THE KID FROM PITTSBURGH is a book I just couldn’t put down. Marion
Rosen’s biography on her husband is a slam dunk."
Bob Cousy, Hall of Fame basketball legend
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Howitzers,
Grasshoppers, and the Holy Right Hand (Paperback)
by
John Niesel (Author)
When he enlisted in the United
States Army Artillery six months prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Harold
Brown couldn't possibly have known what fate had in store for him. Traveling
from the high plains of Colorado to the battlefields of Europe, Harold
experienced the war as many American GI's did, enduring its trials and
horrors, hoping for the day when he could finally come home. Unlike most
GI's in World War II however, Harold would have the opportunity to touch
history, and in doing so, he would play a part in the recovery of the most
important national symbols of Hungary: the Holy Right Hand and the Crown of
St. Stephen. Illustrated with over 160 relevant photographs, and printed in
an easy-to-read format, Harold's recounting of his service covers many of
the major battles in the ETO. Harold was awarded the Air Medal and the
Bronze Star for his service, and it is an honor to share his story with you.
Paperback: 452 pages
Publisher: Framing History (October 2, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0615256333
ISBN-13: 978-0615256337
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
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Takedown: The 3rd Infantry Division's Twenty-One
Day Assault on Baghdad (Hardcover)
by Jim Lacey (Author)
This is easily the most interesting account of the invasion of Iraq
yet written and it covers not only the American perspective on the
fighting, but also the Iraqi's viewpoint (based on interviews with
Iraqi generals). Virtually every other history I have read has
totally overlooks the contribution the 3rd Infantry Division made to
the fight and until now they were in danger of being the forgotten
piece of the war. This is a bit surprising since the 3rd ID did most
of the fighting on the march up - far surpassing the amount of
contact the Marines faced (though their performance was also
spectacular).
No matter what you may think of the right or wrong of our
involvement in Iraq or what has happened since the invasion, there
is no doubt that the actual assault from Kuwait to Baghdad was
brilliantly executed and deserves to be recorded as one of the
greatest military operations in American history. Takedown tell this
story in magnificent fashion and captures this often harrowing fight
in incredible detail. I walked away from it with a new respect for
the American soldier and our Army.... A great read that I recommend
to all!
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Terror:
The Korean War Through the Present (Hardcover)
by John C. McManus (Author)
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Hitler's Mountain:
The Fuhrer, the Obersalzberg And the American Occupation of
Berchtesgaden (Hardcover)
by Arthur H. Mitchell (Author)
Adolf Hitler owed his success to his remarkable
ability to capture the hearts of the German people. That ability was
largely due to his skill at creating a public persona, not only as a
man of determination and effectiveness, but as a visionary and
prophet. To develop the latter image he associated himself with the
Bavarian Alps, where his retreat in Obersalzberg became almost a
magical cave from which he was able, with a wave of his wand, to
manipulate public opinion. This work examines the political events
that took place in Obersalzberg from the 1920s until the U.S. Army
returned control of the area to the German government in 1995.
Concentrating primarily on the years during which Hitler was in
residence, it discusses the geography, history and climate of
Berchtesgaden (a town located in the Bavarian Alps and home to
Obersalzberg) as well as Hitler's original acquaintance with the
area. In a wider scope, however, the work focuses on the symbolism
of identity and public perception as it relates to the place,
setting and lifestyle of political figures. Such symbolism was
especially important for Hitler as he deliberately and ruthlessly
perfected his public image in his quest for control of the German
government. The closing chapter follows Berchtesgaden through its
military occupation after the Nazi defeat in 1945.
About the Author
Arthur H. Mitchell is a professor of history at the Salkehatchie
Campus of the University of South Carolina. He lives in Allendale,
South Carolina and Associate member of the Society of the 3rd
Infantry Division.
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My wife and I recently
completed a book called "Faces of Freedom" which profiles one fallen service
member from each state who was killed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
100% of the proceeds go to Wounded Warrior and Fisher House.
One of the soldiers featured in the book, David Salie, was a member of the
3rd Infantry Division. As this is an all volunteer effort, we are trying to
spread the word and would like to get information out about the book on your
website or in your newsletter. Any help would be appreciated for this great
book.
For more information about the book or to order a book through the printer,
please go to:
www.rebeccapepin.com.
You can also reach me at (803) 318-4593 or at:
derekpepin@yahoo.com .
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
I'd like to introduce you to Baseball in Wartime - a website
dedicated to military baseball during World War II.
In addition to the 600 pages of biographies and information
included on the website, I offer a free monthly newsletter that
is emailed to anyone interested in receiving it, and I would
like to make this offer available to your society members.
Anyone interested in subscribing to the newsletter can download
sample issues and sign up for future issues at
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I have recently come across some
pictures of a quartermaster company and have posted them to our
site -
http://www.files.trailblazersww2.org/division_photos_page67.htm
Based on the
information I have this is not the 70th QM Company - but of
another group of guys who were perhaps transferred to the 70th
prior to shipment home - names that I have are Capt. G.W.
Reeder, George Dixon, Royce Knapp, Mel Pederson, Michael Rubel.
By any chance do any of these name come up on any rosters you
may have in your possession?
Thank you for your time.
Steve Dixon
VP South and Webmaster
70th Infantry Division Association
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This is not a chronicle of a brave and heroic soldier who
rose several ranks to Captain or Colonel or Major, although he received a
simple PFC to T-5 promotion along the way with a bunch of ‘other ‘guys’.
This was an ordinary American boy, raised in a devout Catholic family by
parents with strict principles, who was caught up in the conditions of a
U.S. World War into which he was hurled as a teenager.
All at once, he was clad in khaki and sent here and there on the
European battlefields. He was taking orders alongside his Army comrades,
and serving his time as prescribed by U.S. Army guidelines. It is not a
profound look at the lofty pursuits of a hero, but the necessary obligations
of Private Arthur B. Pranger. There are narratives and exhibits included but
primarily this volume reflects ‘Art’s’ personal ‘spin’ on this memorable
period in history - 2 Years - 2 Months and 29 Days with A Company, 86th
Chemical Mortar Battalion.
The 86th CMB was an integral part of the war across Europe. The
battalion's role with the 4.2. Mortar included being attached to a few dozen
INFANTRY Regiments and Divisions across Europe - through Normandy, Northern
France - Belgium “Battle of the Bulge - Hurtgen Forest,” points in Germany -
winding up in Czechoslovakia in 1945 leaving all this drama behind at Camp
Campbell Kentucky to return to civilian life on November 6, 1945. This work
includes humorous incidents - not usually associated with the serious
business of warfare.
Arthur B. Pranger
Born: March 21, 1925 - Covington, Kentucky to Frank and Mary Pranger.
Siblings: Ralph, 1928, Mary Joan, born 1930
Residence: Covington, Kentucky - 1925 - 1954 - Married November 25,
1954 - wife Rose - Residence - ERLANGER KENTUCKY Moved back to Pranger
family home in Covington, from 1960 to present.
Children: Gary, Patricia, Christopher, John, Mary Carole, Lawrence and
Donna Jean
Education: Elementary - St. John Parochial, Commercial schooling -
St. Benedict Commercial, Covington, Ky.
New York Technical School - Cincinnati Ohio - on the GI BILL - 1948-1950 -
RADIO AND TELEVISION
Employment: Kroger Grocery and Baking Company, Cincinnati, Ohio -
1942 - 1943 & 1946 - 1948
Drafted: The United States Army August 1943. Basic Training - Camp
Swift, Texas. Served in Normandy, Huertgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge and
Germany - June 28, 1944 until November 11, 1945
Self Employed: - TONEMASTERS TELEVISION SERVICE - Covington, January
1950 to 1998. Part time employment TURFWAY PARK Florence Kentucky until
retirement in 2005.
NOTE: The home where the author and wife Rose currently reside in
COVINGTON KENTUCKY was built in 1878 and occupied the same year by the
Pranger family on their arrival from Germany. |
First to the Rhine:
The 6th Army Group in World War II (Hardcover)
by Harry Yeide (Author), Mark Stout (Author)
This is the story of the Allied forces--the
U.S. 6th Army Group and French 1st Army--that landed in southern France on
August 15th, 1944.
The book follows the action from the French beaches to the Vosges Mountains,
where the first Allied penetration along the entire Western front reached
the Rhine River. First to the Rhine covers the vicious fighting during the
German Nordwind counteroffensive in January 1945
and the French-American offensive to clear the Colmar Pocket. It then
pursues the forces of the Third Reich across the Rhine to their ultimate
destruction.
Unlike the forces landing in Normandy, these American divisions were
hard-bitten veterans of the war in Italy, and, in the case of the 3d
Infantry Division, North Africa. The French units included many veterans of
the Italian campaign and comprised Frenchmen and Africans in almost equal
numbers. As the campaign went on, the French ranks were swelled by tens of
thousands of Free French Forces of the Interior, the famous maquis. The
German forces arrayed against the Allies included the famed 11th Panzer
Division, an Eastern front veteran known as the “Ghost Division,” which
would hit the Allied advance time and again only to slip away before it
could be pinned and destroyed.
This is the harrowing story First to the Rhine tells, from the strategic
plane-down through the corps, division, and regimental levels to the
personal experience of the men in combat, including the likes of Audie
Murphy, America’s most decorated infantryman of the war. The book features
little-known battles, including one at Montelimar, when an ad hoc American
armored command and the 36th Infantry Division came within a hair’s breadth
and several days of hard fighting of cutting off the entire German 19th
Army. This is the first popular work in
English to explore the French role in the fighting and the relationship
between the U.S. Army and the French forces fighting under American command.
"First to the Rhine draws heavily on official American and French
after-action reports, other contemporary combat records such as highly
detailed S-3 and G-3 journals, and interviews conducted by the Army with
soldiers shortly after the actions occurred. It also features personal
recollections written by key commanders in American, French, and German
ranks, as well as illustrations from official U.S. Army photographers and
filmmakers.
Authors Harry Yeide and Mark Stout draw heavily on official American and
French after-action reports, other contemporary combat records such as
highly detailed S-3 and G-3 operations journals, and interviews conducted by
the U.S. Army with soldiers shortly after the actions
occurred. Also used are personal recollections written by key commanders in
American, French, and German ranks. Illustrations come from official U.S.
Army photographs and film. The result is the first popular English-language
history that explores the French role in the fighting and the relationship
between the U.S. Army and the French
forces that fought under American command—and at times also controlled
American divisions. |
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Act 2: WWII
The Adventures of Bruce Monkman
1941-1945
A sheltered, naive, and undereducated young man,
with few prospects and from a sleepy small town in southern
California, had eye opening experiences entering the U.S. Army at
the age of 20 in 1941. He served as a Battalion supply technician in
the 3rd Infantry Division through the war until the ripe old age of
24 in 1945.
This adventure took him from California across
the United States, to North Africa and into Europe, including the
Anzio landing. He wasn't on the front lines thus this is not a war
story of battles and generals although there are battles to recount
and Patton does make an appearance. This is the story of a regular
guy in a most irregular situation, whose tales clearly illustrate
the daily reality of wartime in World War Two.
Bruce Monkman lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife,
Nancy. Since retiring from the Union Pacific Railroad, he spends his
time gardening, visiting with friends, attending Army reunions, and
writing his memoirs.
To Purchase: Contact Bruce Monkman at 818-343-3370,
BruceMonkman@earthlink.net , or send a check for $17.50 (book
cost plus shipping) to him at P.O. Box 37-1311, Reseda, CA,
91337-1311. Calif. residence please add Sales Tax |
My Son My Hero A Mothers Journal:
Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith MEDAL OF HONOR War on Terrorism
by J.P.
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price: $16.95
Format: Paperback
Size : 6 x 9
Pages: 180
ISBN: 0-595-37085-3
Published: Oct-2005
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To date there have been over 1,836 deaths as a result of
the war in Iraq. That means that there are now over 1,836 parents trying
to deal with the loss of a child, I am one of those parents; this is my
journey.
This journal is one mother's two-year journey after her son died in the
hot dessert of Iraq, were the sand drank his blood and cost an entire
family their loved one's legacy. This book will take the reader to cities
all across the country for recognitions her son received for his valor.
You will accompany her to New York City, to Ground Zero, where it all
began.
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Under the Wire : The World War II Adventures of a
Legendary Escape Artist and "Cooler King"
(Hardcover)
by William Ash, Brendan Foley
I'm a London-based author and spent the last few years
helping one of North America's greatest unsung heroes of WWII, William
Ash, put together his wartime autobiography UNDER THE WIRE, which has just
been published in USA and Canada.
Bill, who just celebrated his 88th birthday, is probably the greatest
living US prisoner of war escape-artist of WWII. Born in Texas, he joined
the RCAF in 1940 and flew Spitfires until shot down in 1942. He then
became a serial escape artist, attempting 13 PoW-camp escapes - cutting
through the barbed wire, climbing over it, or tunneling under it before
finally escaping for good.
When the book came out in the UK a few months ago, it became an instant
best-seller, but somehow it has been almost completely ignored so far by
the media in North America. The only thing we can do to get Bill and his
book the recognition they deserve in the US and Canada is to turn to the
internet and people who care about WWII and the people who fought it for
us. So I would be very grateful if you would forward this note to anyone
who you think might like the book or help to spread the word that it is
out there, available at most good bookshops or online at Amazon.
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The Mortarmen
by Michael Connelly
http://www.trafford.com/04-2710
290 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover);
catalogue #04-2710; ISBN 1-4120-4902-4; US$24.95, C$31.00, EUR20.15,
£13.96A heroic and heretofore untold story of the men of the
87th Chemical Mortar Battalion and their 326 days of combat in Europe
during World War II.
I thought you might find this of interest. I have
written a book, that has recently been released, about my father's WW II
unit, the 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion. One of the Chapters, "The Final
Push" deals with the battalion's support of the 3rd ID in March of 1945 as
the division attacked toward the Siegfried line.
Regards,
Michael Connelly
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Heavy Metal: A Tank
Company's Battle to Baghdad
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New book provides unique and controversial insights
into the war in Iraq
About the authors:
Capt. Jason Conroy, a 14-year veteran of the U.S. Army, is now stationed
with the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command in Huntsville, Ala.
Ron Martz writes on defense issues for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
He was named writer of the year by the Atlanta Press Club and Cox
Newspapers and finished second to the staff of Time Magazine in the
National Headliner awards for his coverage of the war in Iraq. He is the
co-author of three previous books on military history. Ron is a member of
Outpost 60 of the Society of the 3ID.
Product Details:
ISBN: 1574888560
Format: Hardcover, 288pp
Pub. Date: February 2005
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
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FROM THE PUBLISHER
"During the Iraq War, Capt. Jason Conroy commanded the tankers of Charlie
Company. Charlie Company was part of Task Force 1-64 of the 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, an element of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division. Equipped
with mammoth M1A1 Abrams tanks, Conroy's company was at the tip of the
U.S. Army's spear and one of the first elements into Baghdad." "Veteran
journalist Ron Martz was embedded in Charlie Company. Together, from the
unique perspective of an armor unit that was in nearly continuous combat
for four straight weeks, Conroy and coauthor Martz tell the unvarnished
story of what went right in Iraq - and what went deadly wrong. Conroy and
his soldiers were able to overcome supply shortages, intelligence
failures, and miserable weather to battle their way into downtown Baghdad,
a place where they had been told they would never have to fight. Heavy
Metal evaluates the Army's performance, including its use of tactics for
which the soldiers had never trained." Through the personal stories of the
young troopers of Charlie Company - who experienced a very different war
from what was seen back home on TV - Heavy Metal tells us much about the
qualities of today's American soldier, about twenty-first-century desert
and urban warfare, and about how the Army should prepare to fight. Not
simply a day-to-day memoir, it teaches vital lessons for future combat.
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS
Christopher Freeman ( cafreeman@valdosta.edu
), A reviewer, February 14, 2005,
The Real Deal
My company commander, CPT Jason Conroy, and our embedded reporter Ron
Martz have put together an outstanding narrative of the Iraq War from the
point of view of the soldier. This is so much more interesting to me than
another book written by some general. If you want to know what it was
really like serving as a tanker in combat, read this book. I was one of
the Cobras during the war and this book really tells it like it happened.
A great read! |
An Oklahoma Soldier : A Ride in One Man's Saddle
by Barbara L. Nielsen
Of interest to whet your
taste is a newspaper article on my father concerning his actions while
with the Third. What maybe of more interest is a book my sister wrote on
his life. Some of your followers may
find it of interest of a different life and time of a boy to man
story before, during and after WW 2.
An Oklahoma Soldier
A Ride in One Man's Saddle
by Barbara L. Nielsen
1-800-288-4677
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Cold Ground's Been My Bed : A Korean
War Memoir
by Daniel Wolfe (Outpost 52)
List Price: $22.95
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Dan Wolfe was a Bronx, New York, teenager whose
passions were baseball, fooling around in school, and hanging out at the
candy store in the 1940s. Three years out of high school, he was drafted
and sent to Korea. Cold Ground’s Been My Bed is his no-holds-barred memoir
of the experience, from his physical to deployment into a frontline
platoon.
Dan tells the story with unflinching honesty and humor amid the tragedies
that befell his company. |
Feeling inadequate about handling the Browning
Automatic Rifle in basic training, he expressed his doubts to a cadre man,
who assured him, “You don’t have to worry about it, kid. It’s given to the
biggest men in the squad.” The day he arrived on the front line, Dan,
five-foot-seven and 133 pounds, was assigned the twenty-pound BAR.
When his platoon was ambushed, Dan crawled over fire-swept terrain to
retrieve the body of his sergeant. Decades later he learned that he’d been
cited for the Silver Star, but the Jeep carrying the papers was blown up
by mortar rounds.
When a GI was killed by negligent “friendly fire,” the victim’s buddy
carried out a revenge murder.
In recounting his story, Dan never pretends to be more than he was, a
young man being shocked and shaped by the reality of war. |
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3rd Infantry Division, Volume II
ISBN: 1-56311-060-1
Price: $39.95
Description: The 75th Anniversary volume celebrates the "Rock of
the Marne" Division. It covers the Division's illustrious history
from WWI to the present day by looking at major actions of
individual units. An all-new history of the society of the 3rd
Infantry Division is included, along with a memorial roster of
those who gave their lives while serving. Incredible photographs
tell the story along with biographies of 3rd Infantry veterans.
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A Volume I is also available.
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3rd Infantry Division, Vol. I
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The 75th Anniversary volume celebrates the "Rock of the Marne"
Division. It covers the Division's illustrious history from WWI to
the present day by looking at major actions of individual units.
An all-new history of the society of the 3rd Infantry Division is
included, along with a memorial roster of those who gave their
lives while serving. Incredible photographs tell the story along
with biographies of 3rd Infantry veterans.
A Volume II is also available.
Vol. I, 112 pages, 9" x 12"
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3rd Infantry Division in Korea
ISBN: 1-56311-437-2
Price: $55.00
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An inside look at the trials and tribulations of the Third
Infantry division in Korea, beginning with a brisk overlook of the
command and staff, followed by the beginning of the saga, leading
through the road back, condition red, counterattack and the second
winter. Concluding with awards and citations of the men who risked
their lives in Korea.
432 pages, 8 1/2"x11"
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That
Body of Brave Men
The U.S. Regular Infantry and The Civil War In
The West
Mark W. Johnson
Hardcover
US $45.00
CAN $70.00
UK £33.99
0306812460
Published by Da Capo Press
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author's email:
mjohnson1@uamail.albany.edu |
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Description
Using old regimental records from the Civil War, as well as diaries
and letters, Mark W. Johnson has unearthed a wealth of new material
about this long-neglected topic: he covers every unit and every
battle in compelling narrative and exhaustive detail and reaches
some surprising conclusions about the significant role these troops
played in the Union's eventual victory.
This book covers the full history of the four Regular Army Regiments
that fought in the Civil War's Western Theater, the 15th, 16th, 18th
and 19th U.S. Infantry Regiments.
Reviews
"An absorbing true-life story...Fascinating reading...This biography
is just pure reading pleasure."
— Bookviews.com
"This book is for the general reader, the enthusiast, and the
scholar. Johnson has succeeded in creating an illustrative history."
— Journal of Military History
"An extraordinary account of an extraordinary organization...Highly
recommend[ed]."
— The Civil War News
"Johnson has done a masterful job...An extraordinary account of an
extraordinary organization...The maps are excellent."
— The Civil War News
"This book belongs in the library of any serious scholar of the
Regular Army and the Civil War...Valuable...Comprehensive."
— On Point
"Fills a gap in Civil War literature...Johnson's fine writing style
carefully blends official histories with diaries and letters."
— Choice
"Johnson has broken new ground in Civil War military history...The
narrative is peppered with humorous anecdotes and personal
experiences."
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The United
States 15th Infantry Regiment
in China, 1912–1938
Alfred Emile Cornebise
ISBN 0-7864-1988-1
photographs & illustrations, notes, bibliography, index
283pp. softcover 2004
$45
Available for immediate shipment
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Description
Taking up its position astride the Peking-Mukden [Beijing-Shenyang] railway
beginning in January, 1912, the United States Fifteenth Infantry Regiment
was engaged in protecting American interests in China. The 1000 man force
was especially challenged during the 1920s, those tumultuous years when
warlords struggled to gain ascendancy in the Chinese Republic. Although
Chiang Kai-shek established a measure of control in China by 1928, the
regiment remained in China—partially to counter Japan’s increasingly
aggressive actions—despite considerable misgivings within and outside of the
United States Army as to the feasibility, desirability, and ethical
appropriateness of the policy retaining it there. The success of the
Japanese in conquering much of eastern China finally compelled Washington to
withdraw the regiment on March 2, 1938.
This work recounts and assesses some aspects of the involvement and service
of the Fifteenth Infantry Regiment during its fateful quarter of a century
in the Orient between the World Wars. Also detailed is the Army’s service in
those years in general. Many insights are provided regarding the
self-perceptions of a key generation of U.S. military personnel deployed
there.
About the Author
Alfred Emile Cornebise is professor emeritus of History at the University of
Northern Colorado and also the author of The CCC Chronicles (2004). He lives
in Greeley, Colorado.
Mc Farland Publishing Co.
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The Not Forgotten War
by Nicholas Dick Jr, Janet Dailey
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THE NOT FORGOTTEN WAR chronicles the experiences of Private
Nicholas Dick who served in a machine gun crew during the last few
months of the Korean conflict. Those last months were among some
of the bloodiest as both sides fought to claim as much territory
as possible prior to reaching a cease-fire agreement. For years
after his discharge, Nick was never able to talk about his
horrific experiences and never mentioned the frequent nightmares
he suffered. After a job injury forced him to take early
retirement, he suddenly found himself becoming a victim of Post
Traumatic Stress syndrome. Here is one GI's story of war and its
aftermath. |
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Letters Home
From 9/11 to Operation Iraqi Freedom A Military Mom
Shares Her Family's Story of Patriotism, Courage and Love
by
Mary Ward
It sells for $15 + $3.95 for shipping for a total of
$18.95. I give five percent of the sale of each book to the Wounded
Warrior Project. As of 12/13/04 $186.94 has been raised for our
Wounded Warriors.
Letters Home could be any family's war story. There are thousands of
families deeply affected, some with more compelling stories some
with less, all with fears they never dreamed existed. There are some
thoughts that are never far from your heart and mind. This is one
family's journey as told through the words of a soldier's mother and
her son's letters home.
Ward's son, Sean, enlisted in the infantry after the attacks on
9/11. He was driven to take up arms for his country and has not
looked back since. Sean's letters home from basic training to the
last letter home from Iraq range from joy to intensely reflective.
He serves with the 3rd Infantry Division (mechanized) and was
machine gunner on a Bradley during the first phase of Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
Ward shares with the reader how it felt to read his letters and the
life challenges they faced while her son was in the most dangerous
place in the world.
"Mary Ward takes us on an amazing journey, from the
terrors of the battlefield to the tenderness of a mother's heart.
Her "Letters Home" should inspire us all to be brave in adversity,
and 'choose the harder right over the easier wrong'."
Donna Gregory
MSNBC News Correspondent
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The Secret Journal of Benny Travis, is now available for
sale or rental at First Look Video Rentals.
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DVD-R (NTSC), The Good Fight Digital Motion
Pictures, 2003, 28 minutes.
Written and directed by Dean Augustin.
Starring Anthony Maru-DeSerio
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Description: The
journal of an American Soldier is discovered to be part of the items sold
at an estate sale. Using archive film footage and digital photographs, the
unique story of Benny Travis is recounted for the first time in almost
sixty years. |
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Festivals and
Awards: 2003 Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival - Plantinum
Remi Award, 2004 International Festival of Cinema and Technology, 2003
Frederick Festival of the Arts, 2003 Philadelphia Video Festival, 2003
Edgeworks Film Festival |
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WWII Memoirs-3rd Infantry Division |
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One of 3rd Division’s Own, Authors Book
“LOOKING BACK”
Memoirs of Terry Lloyd Tennant
At last someone has written about the long overlooked story,
of the critical part played (in December 1950) by the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd
Division, in the vicious battle fought at Huksu-ri and Sachang-ni, southwest of
the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. The book contains 329 pages of real life
adventure, humor, suspense, excitement, worry, disappointment, heartbreak,
death, sadness, depression, recovery, happiness, and a multitude of historic
facts. His life beginning in an upstairs flat in Detroit, Michigan, this is the
story of Terry Lloyd Tennant, born into poverty during the great depression in
the 1930’s, his experiences growing up in the inner city; then (at age 18)
leaving home and enlisting in the United States Army. Known intimately only by
those who were there and survived, it is the authors hope this book will be read
by many of the 3rd Division men, so they will know and perhaps appreciate why we
who were their are so proud of this special chapter in the long and glorious
history of the -
3rd Infantry Division U.S. Army - the “Rock of the Marne!”
"LOOKING BACK" author Terry L. Tennant is available at
www.1stbooks.com/bookview/21357
or Toll Free at 1-888 280 7715
Paperback (6x9) $ 15.50
Electronic Book Size is 14567K $ 4.95
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Camp Croft Friends
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You may have already heard about the new book I worked
on with the Spartanburg County Historical Association entitled "When the
Soldiers Came to Town," the story of Spartanburg's W.W.I and W.W.II army
training camps. While the chapters on Camp Wadsworth (W.W.I) and the
Spartanburg Memorial Airport (W.W.II) are very interesting, it may be the
section that would best appeal to you is the bulk of the book dedicated to
the former US Army Infantry Replacement Training Center, Camp Croft. We
collected many unique pictures, several of which appear in print for the
first time. The book also includes personal interviews and articles by Croft
veterans, local citizens, and historians ... 228 pages and over 200 images.
Some of the folks in the book include:
William Harner - interview; "Mutt" McCord - interview and captions; George
Kreger - interview; Phil & Betty Cacavalle - interview; Philip Plotkin -
captions and photos ; Joseph Jones - caption and map; Joe Hudock - photo;
Frank Bailey - captions; Harley Henderson - photos ; Joseph Pizzimenti -
multiple photos; Stephen Piazza- multiple photos ; Don Koos - caption;
Walter and Evelyn Vieth - photos ; Paul and Emily Grubb - interview; Ron
Croft - interview ; "Nic" Imbiraco - interview; Aubrey Escoffery -
interview; Robert Taitt - interview; Bill Fowler - caption; Carl Barrea -
photos; John Isom - photos; Gerhard Ritters - interview; Al Prendergast -
interview; Arthur Guarrielo - photos; Walter Gostowski - photo
If you are interesting in a copy you can send a check, $19.95 plus $5.00 to
cover shipping = $24.95, to my address below and I will send it to you
immediately. If you want more than one, please contact me first to get a
quote for shipping costs.
Ronald W. Crawley
PO Box 56
Gramling, SC 29348-0056
(864) 472-2069
roncrawley@direcway.com
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HITLER HERE
A Biographical Novel
George Thomas Clark"Hitler
Here" is a well researched and carefully written biographical novel offering
firstperson stories by the Fuehrer and a variety of other characters. This
intimate approach
invites the reader to peer into Hitler’s mind, talk to Eva Braun, joust with
Goering,
Goebbels, and Himmler, debate with the generals, fight on land and at sea
and in the air,
and huddle in the death camps as, everywhere, civilization is consumed.
Please check out
http://www.georgethomasclark.com/ -- the author's
official web page - which features information about his biographical novel
HITLER HERE. This work is unique because all the characters have bylines and
thus the opportunity to reveal what they did and how they felt during an era
of unprecedented destruction.
The online excerpts are from the points-of-view of Hitler and six other
characters.
Generals Guderian, Halder, Rudnstedt, Rommel, Manstein, Zhukov, and Patton
also have numerous entries, and so do soldiers from a variety of countries.
At the recent Frankfurt Book Fair, HITLER HERE generated reading copy
requests from several foreign publishers, and the English language rights in
India have just been sold to Mastermind Books.
Sincerely,
Dennis Caetano
Three Point Press |
We are writing to introduce
you to our recently published
The United States Fifteenth Infantry Regiment in China,
1912–1938
by Alfred Emile CornebiseLinks to this
title and to some of our other military history-related works have been
included for you below. In addition, please find an attachment with
information on our specialty line discount program here for your
consideration.
Please let us know if you have questions. We appreciate your time and hope
to hear from you soon!
Sincerely,
Beth H. Cox
Sales & Marketing
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
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We
Called It War!
by
Denzil
Batson
This is
a book about a 3rd Infantry Division rifle platoon's front line action
during
the Korean War. Written by the Platoon Sgt.
Send
$15.95 plus $2.50 S&H to:
Denzil
Batson
158 Brooks St.
Republic, MO 65738
(417) 732-7423
email: batsonDenz@aol.com
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"Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad"
at Amazon.com by David Zucchino
Read an interview with the author at:
http://www.leanwrite.com/military/040406-thunderrun.html
Every war has images that are burned into the public's mind.
Operation Iraqi Freedom has several....the blinding sandstorms, or the photos of
Iraqis and GIs tearing down statues and paintings of Saddam. The other
memorable event of the war for many was the sight of American armor racing into
the heart of Baghdad, despite the daily assurances from Iraq's Information
Minister that the Allies were nowhere near the city.
The armor was from the US Army's 3rd Infantry Division
(Mechanized), and Los Angeles Times reporter David Zucchino was embedded with
them for their drive up into Iraq, and then on their daring "Thunder Runs" into
the city. A year later, he has released a book about the division's remarkable
armor thrusts into Baghdad and the savage fights on a major highway to the west
of the city as the division sought to re-supply the armored force. "Thunder
Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad" promises to cement this amazing
story into the annals of American military accomplishments with hundreds of
first-hand accounts of what happened in the first week of
April 2003, so far from Fort Stewart, Georgia.
General contributions may be made to:
3ID Fallen Soldiers Fund
Attn: Susan Wilder
Army Community Services
Building 470, 76 Lindquist Rd.
Fort Stewart, GA 31314
(web
site for Ft. Stewart Army Community Services)
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A collection of stories that first appeared
in the
Watch on the Rhine, the magazine of the
Society of the 3rd Infantry Division
Copies can be ordered from the author at:
$15.00 plus $2.50 S&H
John Shirley
4218Drake Way
Livermore, CA 94550-4914
Phone: 1-925-447-2256
Fax: 1-925-447-8835
email: jbshirley@comcast.net
"Your book arrived on Wednesday, so I
stayed up half the night to read it, as I couldn't put it down. Very fine
writing and you never left anything out, good or bad."
Charles King, Editor, Watch on the Rhine,
and veteran of the 15th Inf. Reg., 3ID, WWII
"One does not have to know you to be spell-bound by
I Remember. Knowing you, having cared for many 3ID wounded, and having
trod the same soil in the same war makes it most memorable. All Marne men
will relive every step with you as they read your fine book."
June
Wandrey, Author, Bedpan Commando, and Army Nurse from North Africa
to end of WWII.
"The stories are very well written, devoid of
pretension or self-promotion, but reflected a sincere and doubtless
accurate self image".
Hugh Scott, author of Blue and White Devils, Former Third Infantry
Division G-2 (Intelligence Officer) WWII
"Your book is wonderful."
David Mertes, Former Chancellor of the California Community College
System, and Marine Veteran
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Dogface Soldiers
The Story of B Company, 15th Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
From Fedala to Salzburg: Audie Murphy and His Brothers in Arms
by
Daniel R. Champagne
A
Merriam Press Original Publication
4th Edition
Click here or on
book or Logo to order
Merriam Press
World War II/ Militrary History Provider
133
Elm St Suite 3R
Bennington VT 05201-2250
USA
802-447-0313
http://www.merriam-press.com/
http://www.merriam-press.com/dogfacesoldiers.aspx
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7.95
#MM40-P
ISBN
978-1468104493
CD-ROM
$6.95
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$ 36.95
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History of the Third Infantry
Division
in World War II
http://www,batterypress.com/Book/index.cfm?method=viewbook&BookID=187
Click on above link to see description of 3rd Infantry Division book
First printed in 1947 and reprinted
in 1987
Donald G. Taggart / Hardcover / Available 12/1/99
Price: $59.95 plus $4.00 S&H from:
The Battery Press
P.O. Box 198885
Nashville, TN 37219
Phone/Fax:615-298-1401
email: batterybks@aol.com
http://www.batterypress.com/
for descriptions of Battery Press Books
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AUTOBAHN TO BERCHTESGADEN
by Lt Col( Sgt in WWII) Sherman W. PrattThis book written by a WWII
member of the Army’s Third Infantry Division that led the attack into Iraq in
mid-March 2003 provides the most or only detailed and reliable account available
of the remarkable record of the Division in World War II as witnessed and
experienced by an actual participant.
The Third began its almost three years of fighting in
Africa, Italy, France and Germany with landings near Casablanca in French
Morocco. It had 34,000 casualties, in almost three years of combat, more than
any other Division in either the European or Pacific theaters. 39 members
of the Division were awarded Medals of Honor. It was the Division of Lt Audie
Murphy the war’s most decorated soldier.
The Third was also the Division that arrived first and
captured Hitler’s Bavarian retreat at Berchtesgaden in the closing hours of the
War - not the 101stAiborne Division as incorrectly reported by
Stephen Ambrose and Stephen Spielberg respectively in the book and HBO film
Band of Brothers,
Anyone with relatives or friends
now serving with the Third Infantry Division and wanting to learn more about its
distinctive, heroic and astonishing history would do well to not delay in
obtaining a copy of this book while limited supplies last. The book in hard back
was listed at $34.95 - current paper back lists $24.95. Copies can be ordered
from the author direct for $14.95 plus $3 for p&h. Send orders to:
Pratt Pursuits,
1512 So. 20th St.
Arlington, VA 22202
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AT LEAST NOBODY'S SHOOTING AT ME
Just found your website and think you have done a good
job capturing the war we fought.
My name is ED KLEIN and I served in HQ CO 3rd BN of 30th from Africa
through to Germany. Only in recent years years did I find some of my old
friends, some of whom have already gone.
I spent my entire life publishing weekly newspapers in New York State as
well as radio announcer and involved in cable TV.
I have published a book "At Least Nobody's Shooting at Me",
and would like to offer it free to anyone who served in the 30th
during WWII.
My phone number is: 845-986-3680
and address is:
Ed Klein
29 JONES ROAD,
WARWICK NY 10990
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From Fedala to Berchtesgaden
A History of the Seventh United States Infantry in World War II
by Nathan William White
This title in the Military Reference Library series is available
only as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file on CD-ROM disk (it is not available in printed
format from the Merriam Press).
The complete history of the U.S. 7th Infantry Regiment in World War II.
Possibly the most extensive and complete history of a U.S. regiment in World War
II ever produced.
Originally published in 1947 as a hardcover book.
http://www.merriam-press.com/fromfedalatoberchtesgadenhistoryof7thunitedstatesinfantryinwwii.aspx
Merriam Press
World War II/ Militrary History Provider
133 Elm St Suite 3R
Bennington VT 05201-2250
USA
802-447-0313
http://www.merriam-press.com/
http://www.merriam-press.com/mrl_0100/mrl_0060.htm
or http://www.merriam-press.com
Tell them you saw the book mentioned on the Society of
the 3rd Division Website, when you order.
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Hitler's Jewish Soldiers
The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military
Bryan Mark Rigg
May 2002
496 pages, 95 photographs, 6 x 9
Modern War Studies
Cloth ISBN 0-7006-1178-9, $29.95
http://www.bryanrigg.com/
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Baseball in World War II Europe
(Images of Sports)
by Gary Bedingfield
Paperback - 160 pages (January 21, 2000) $18.00
Arcadia Tempus Publishing Group, Inc.; ISBN: 0738503215
[Two photos of the 3rd Infantry Division included]
Click here to order from amazon.com
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To Hell and Back
by Audie Murphy
Value Priced at: $7.98
Hardcover (July 1997)
Click here to order from amazon.com
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Janey : A Little Plane in a
Big War
by Alfred W. Schultz, Kirk Neff
Price: $30.00
Hardcover (May 1998)
Southfarm Press; ISBN: 0913337315
WAR BOOKS
FROM
SOUTHFARM PRESS
SOUTHFARM PRESS, Publisher
P.O. Box 1296
Middletown, CT 06457
Click here to
order Janey from amazon.com
Out of Print
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History of the Third Infantry Division:
Rock of the Marne
Jeffrey Gaul / Hardcover / Published 1989
(Publisher Out Of Stock) |
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The Crash of Ruin :
American Combat Soldiers in Europe
During World War II
by Peter Schrijvers
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Bedpan Commando
by
June Wandrey
A story of professional heroism of a World War II Surgical Nurse.
Order for $23.00 S&H included to:
June Wandrey
5240 Mapleridge Dr.
Portage, MI 49024-5740
1-616-344-8371
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Patton On
Leadership
Strategic Lessons for Corporate Warfare
Prentice Hall Press; November
11,1999; $23.00 Cloth; November
11,1999; $23.00 Cloth
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Books that might be of interest
America's Forgotten Army: The Story of the U.S. Seventh Army
by Charles Whiting.
Listed on amazon.com
or Barnes
& Noble at $6.29.
The hardback is out of print.
American Hero, the Life & Death of Audie Murphy
by Charles Whiting.
It is also out of print.
Operation Northwind. by Charles Whiting.
It's about the fighting in Alsace-Lorraine region.
The book cost is $27.99 + 2.50 S&H.
All books, can be obtained from:
Dorothy Inzer
1690 Dogwood Drive
Vidor, TX 77662
(409) 768-1281 or (409) 769-7368 from 1-5 p.m.
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