Artillery At The Golden Gate

Author : Brian B. Chin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976149477
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Artillery at the Golden Gate written by Brian B. Chin and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artillery at the Golden Gate tells the story of the "concrete soldiers," the US Army coast artillerymen who manned the huge seacoast rifles and underwater minefields guarding the San Francisco harbor during World War II. Artillery at the Golden Gate recreates the atmosphere of wartime San Francisco and recounts in vivid detail the life of the Army coast artillerymen stationed in a world of full-alerts and combat discipline within sight of San Francisco. Based on interviews with veterans and supported by official records, press accounts, and over 170 historical photographs, this book paints a rich mosaic of memorable Army personalities and their intriguing experience in the wartime port city.

Author : Brian B. Chin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780929521855
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Artillery at the Golden Gate written by Brian B. Chin and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Erwin N. Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defender of the Gate written by Erwin N. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Adrian George Traas
Publisher : Army
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From the Golden Gate to Mexico City written by Adrian George Traas and published by Army. This book was released on 1993 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kristin L. Baron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976149422
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fort Baker Through the Years written by Kristin L. Baron and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort Baker lies hard-by the famous Golden Gate, literally in the shadow of the famous bridge. For nearly 140 years it was a stronghold of the the U.S. Army, where glowering coastal fortifications overlooked snug Victorian military houses. Built to protect San Francisco from enemies that never came, the fort today is a part of the National Park Service and home to the world-famous Cavallo Point Lodge at the Golden Gate. For the first time, the fort's fascinating human an historic stories are retold in the publication, Fort Baker Through The Years: The Post, The Park, The Lodge. Written by historical architect Kristin Baron and historian John Martini, Fort Baker Through the Years provides fascinating glimpses into the fort's many stories: the Huimen people who lived along its shores for centuries, the early Spanish and Mexican settlers, fog-bound lighthouse keepers, and the soldiers who manned the fort's guns and lived in its barracks. In addition, the book contains numerous appendices on the fort's individual buildings, its armament, the military units stationed there, and the officers who commanded the post. Inside you'll find: Historical and present-day photographs In-depth history of the evolution of Fort Baker Historical and contemporary maps and photographs Artist's renderings of the never-built fort at Lime Point Self-guided tours of the fort's parade ground and waterfront Building histories for today's Cavallo Point: The Lodge at the Golden Gate Appendices with detailed information on army units, commanding officers and fortifications Maps to help you get there, hike the area and navigate the site

Author : Matthew W. Kent
Publisher : Matthew W. Kent
ISBN 13 : 1615841636
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harbor Defenses of San Francisco written by Matthew W. Kent and published by Matthew W. Kent. This book was released on 2009 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Erwin N. Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Resource Study written by Erwin N. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Erwin N. Thompson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Presidio of San Francisco, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California written by Erwin N. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alistair MacLean
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0006144942
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Gate written by Alistair MacLean and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2005 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travelling from San Francisco, the Presidential motorcade is waylaid by an unusual criminal in the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge. A reign of civilised terror follows, the kidnappers hoping to collect a king's ransom.

Author : Brett Douglas
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1462055672
Total Pages : 173 pages
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Download or read book The Golden Gate Smuggling Company written by Brett Douglas and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1979, Brett Douglas was a twenty-eight-year-old US Marine Corps veteran working as a commercial tuna fisherman in California. That year, a young man named Bruce Perlowin came looking for professional seamen and found a few, including the author. The fishermen he recruited became a crew that played an integral part in smuggling more than 250 tons of marijuana that FBI agents credited to the Perlowin Conspiracy. The Golden Gate Smuggling Company provides a true, behind-the-scenes story of The Company, the largest marijuana smuggling operation in the history of San Francisco. In the early 1980s, commercial tuna fishermen used long-range tuna boats specially outfitted for the eight-thousand-mile round-trip between San Francisco and Colombia. Each boat carried at least 30 million dollars worth of marijuana to the Companys private pier in the San Francisco Bay area. Douglas, a fisherman who lived through it all, narrates this adventure from load number one to the federal courthouse in San Jose four years later. Through the story of the Company, Douglas chronicles a laid-back, Californiastyle drug-smuggling empire that operated free of Hollywood clichs: no guns, no violence, no dramatic shoot-outs or car chases.