World War Ii Massachusetts

Author : Barrie Pitt
Publisher : Bounty Books
ISBN 13 : 9781851526598
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Military History of World War II written by Barrie Pitt and published by Bounty Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the origins and course of World War II across the globe, from the invasion of Poland to the destruction of Hiroshima. The book includes numerous contemporary photographs, as well as features and maps on particular aspects of the conflict and the military hardware used by both sides.

Author : James L. Parr
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1540260038
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World War II Massachusetts written by James L. Parr and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 500,000 Massachusetts residents answered the call to military duty in the Second World War, while the rest of the state's citizens fought the war on the home front. Everyone in the family, including pets, found creative and essential ways to contribute. Thousands worked in factories, volunteered for Civil Defense, watched for enemy aircraft, and took part in salvage collections and bond drives, all while dealing with rationing, blackouts, rumors and a host of other wartime inconveniences. And while thousands of service members left to fight overseas, the Bay State also welcomed thousands more to serve on its military bases that were such an important part of our nation's defense. Author James Parr reveals the stories of these brave and dedicated citizens--from the famous to the ordinary--as they faced wartime challenges.

Author : Vincent O'Hara
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781682476352
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battleship Massachusetts written by Vincent O'Hara and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building upon the expertise of the authors and historians of the Naval Institute Press, the Naval History Special Editions are designed to offer studies of the key vessels, battles, and events of armed conflict. Using an image-heavy, magazine-style format, these Special Editions should appeal to scholars, enthusiasts, and general readers alike. USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the third ship of the South Dakota-class, whose short but intense career encapsulates the story of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Laid down in July 1939. She was launched three months before Pearl Harbor. Her massive 16-inch/45 caliber Mark 6 guns were the first of their type to fire on an enemy in combat during World War II, and they also held the distinction of discharging the last 16-inch salvos of the war. Her shells fell on targets from Casablanca to the suburbs of Tokyo. She engaged an enemy battleship and protected one of the most important American amphibious operations of the war. She scored several of the longest-range gunfire hits against a moving target in the history of naval warfare, and this during her shakedown cruise with a crew that was 80 percent straight from the recruiting center. After this remarkable beginning, Massachusetts served in the Pacific, in the Gilberts, Marshalls, Philippines, and in the Okinawa and Japanese campaigns. This Naval History Special Edition tells how she was constructed, manned, and was equipped. This work is richly illustrated with an outstanding collection of photographs covering her entire career. The content draws upon her war diaries, her action reports, and the oral histories of the men who served aboard her. This book tells the story of each of the eleven battle starts earned by Massachusetts. It is the story of the U.S. Navy's unprecedented triumph in World War II.

Author : Joseph M. Pereira
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1640124225
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All Souls Day written by Joseph M. Pereira and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Army attacked three villages near the German-Belgium border, surprising the Germans who surrendered with little resistance. The German army regrouped and counterattacked. A brief but horrific battle ensued, and as the enemy pressed forward, the Americans retreated in haste, leaving behind their wounded and their dead. Discussion of this week-long conflict that began on All Souls Day, November 2, 1944, has been confined to officer training school, in part due to its heavy losses and ignominy. After the war the U.S. Army returned to the battlefield to bring home its fallen. To its dismay it found that many of these men had vanished. The disappearances were puzzling and for decades the U.S. government searched unsuccessfully for clues. After poring over now-declassified battlefield reports and interviewing family members, the authors reconstruct a spellbinding story of love and sacrifice, honor and bravery, as well as a portrait of the gnawing pain of families not knowing what became of their loved ones. Ultimately this work of history and in-depth contemporary journalism proffers a glimmer of light in the ongoing search.

Author : Christopher E. Mauriello
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 : 1557539774
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Boston to Berlin written by Christopher E. Mauriello and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Roland Regan and Frederick Mauriello went off to fight the Germans in World War II, they packed cameras and notepaper and documented their experiences, Roland with photos, Frederick with letters to his family. Roland's photos, developed after the war, never went through Army censorship and show an honest firsthand view of the war from the eyes of an enlisted man. Frederick's letters show a young man's devotion to his family, his good-will, and his growing distrust of military authority. As a whole, this collection is a testimony to the courage, faith, and loyalty of all the men who served during World War II. These priceless documents, presented by their sons in this book, offer readers an intimate glimpse at a unique aspect of the American experience.

Author : Christian McBurney
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439660727
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World War II Rhode Island written by Christian McBurney and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhode Island's contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size. Narragansett Bay was an armed camp dotted by army forts and navy facilities. They included the country's most important torpedo production and testing facilities at Newport and the Northeast's largest naval air station at Quonset Point. Three special, top-secret German POW camps were based in Narragansett and Jamestown. Meanwhile, Rhode Island workers from all over the state - including, for the first time, many women - manufactured military equipment and built warships, most notably the Liberty ships at Providence Shipyard. Authors from the Rhode Island history blog smallstatebighistory.com trace Rhode Island's outsized wartime role, from the scare of an enemy air raid after Pearl Harbor to the war's final German U-boat sunk off Point Judith.

Author : Marc S. Miller
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252015052
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Irony of Victory written by Marc S. Miller and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Allison Lockwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Touched with Fire written by Allison Lockwood and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : RON DUBE
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462847587
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nashua Area Men and Women in World War II written by RON DUBE and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-07-08 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project began twenty-five years ago when I worked as a stringer for the Nashua Telegraph. The paper hired a number of correspondents at the time to cover local news and events in the small towns around Nashua. I reported on the selectmen’s meetings and the planning board meetings in Mason and Greenville and the Mascenic School Board. The editors encouraged us to write special features about people, places, and events.

Author : Sasha Maslov
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1616896132
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Veterans written by Sasha Maslov and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ichiro Sudan trained to be a kamikaze. Roscoe Brown was a commander in the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military aviators. Charin Singh, a farmer from Delhi, spent seven years as a Japanese prisoner of war and was not sent home until four years after the war ended. Uli John lost an arm serving in the German army but ultimately befriended former enemy soldiers as part of a network of veterans—"people who fought in the war and know what war really means." These are some of the faces and stories in the remarkable Veterans, the outcome of a worldwide project by Sasha Maslov to interview and photograph the last surviving combatants from World War II. Soldiers, support staff, and resistance fighters candidly discuss wartime experiences and their lifelong effects in this unforgettable, intimate record of the end of a cataclysmic chapter in world history and tribute to the members of an indomitable generation. Veterans is also a meditation on memory, human struggle, and the passage of time.