This book focuses on the US Army combat infantryman fighting in different war theaters. Wars are won and lost in the trenches and examining soldiers' lives assists in understanding larger scale unit operations and strategy. Each vignette focuses on one individual, with the experiences of the many woven into an intricate and meticulous narrative that exposes the reader to a soldier's daily life, from initial entry, through training, combat with the soldier fighting day to day just to see the sun come up, being wounded and going home. This is an individual participant's experience had he recorded it. Combining Warrior 45, 53 and 56, this book is a great value special edition.
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'Rush makes sophisticated use of composite characters to present the front-line experience of US soldiers in the major theatres of World War II. He offers not stereotypes but archetypes of Americans in combat during history's greatest war.'
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Robert S. Rush PhD is a retired Command Sergeant Major, who served in the US Army from 1969 to 1999. He has worked as a historian to several key policy review teams for the United States Army. He is the author of 'The Soldier's Guide 5th Edition' as well as numerous magazine articles. His PhD focused on US and German units in the Hurtgen Forest, Fall 1944. Robert currently works at the US Army Center of Military History, Fort McNair. Elizabeth Sharp trained in Fine Art at the Leicester College of Art and Technology, UK, in the 1960s. She is a full member of the Society of Women Artists and exhibits regularly in London. Elizabeth has produced artwork for clients from all over the world, but she also enjoys sculpture.
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This book provides an overview of how the US infantryman in World War II was organized, equipped, trained, and led. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
enlisted wounded, ammunition bearers, named campaigns, antitank company, overseas credit, assault section, assistant squad leader, cannon company, assistant gunner, amphibious training, platoon headquarters, heavy weapons company, headquarters section, mortar section, battalion aid station, mortar squad, machine gun section, canvas leggings, medical detachment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Infantry Division, World War, New York, National Guard, Pearl Harbor, United States, North Africa, Pacific Ocean Area, Service Company, Ist Battalion, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, New Guinea, Purple Heart, Southwest Pacific Area, Bronze Star, Fifth Army, Camp Wheeler, European Theater of Operations, President Roosevelt, San Francisco, Second Army, Volturno River, Articles of War, British Eighth Army, Candidate School New!
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enlisted wounded, ammunition bearers, named campaigns, antitank company, overseas credit, assault section, assistant squad leader, cannon company, assistant gunner, amphibious training, platoon headquarters, heavy weapons company, headquarters section, mortar section, battalion aid station, mortar squad, machine gun section, canvas leggings, medical detachment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Infantry Division, World War, New York, National Guard, Pearl Harbor, United States, North Africa, Pacific Ocean Area, Service Company, Ist Battalion, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, New Guinea, Purple Heart, Southwest Pacific Area, Bronze Star, Fifth Army, Camp Wheeler, European Theater of Operations, President Roosevelt, San Francisco, Second Army, Volturno River, Articles of War, British Eighth Army, Candidate School New!
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- Brave Men by Ernie Pyle on page 128, and Back Matter
- The War Against Japan (United States Army in World War II) by Center of Military History United States Army in Back Matter
- United States Army in World War Ii- The War in the Pacific- Campaign in the Marianas by Philip A Crowl in Back Matter
- Cold War by David Brierley in Back Matter
- WW II: The Last Offensive (The World War II reader) in Back Matter
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