A story of true heroism. America's 44,000 soldier-railroaders kept vast numbers of troops and essential supplies moving through war-torn Europe.
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Don DeNevi, an instructor in psychology and history at the College of Alameda in Alameda, California, has authored some thirty books.
Bob Hall, a resident of San Jose, California, is the owner of the Railway Negative Exchange.
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Best US war time train book.,
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This review is from: United States Military Railway Service: America's Soldier-Railroaders in WWII (Hardcover)
Great clear pictures of Military Railway service at war in foreign lands. I have books with some of the same pictures but they are grainy and dark. It has a lot of new pictures I have not seen. Nice book.
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This review is from: United States Military Railway Service: America's Soldier-Railroaders in WWII (Hardcover)
Great reference book for anyone who had relatives in this service. My Dad served in the 735th Railway Operating Bn, 707th Railway Grand Division. The amount of unsung work these guys did is largely unknown today. This sheds a lot of light on their accomplishments and what it took to get the job done. Great pictures, good narrative.
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When the United States began offensive operations for the first time in mid- 1942, top military strategists in the War Department knew that successful advances would be dependent upon strong lines of supplies and communications. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
military railway service, railway shop battalion, railway operating battalion, railway grand division, shop battalions, operating battalions, railway units Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North Africa, Transportation Corps, World War, Chief of Engineers, White Pass, Director General, Red Ball, Rhine River, Transportation Service, General Gray, Parachute Battalion, Pearl Harbor, American Army, Atlantic Coast Line, Camp Polk, Combat Engineers, Fort Benning, Norfolk Southern Corp, Railway Age, Southern Pacific, Yukon Railway New!
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When the United States began offensive operations for the first time in mid- 1942, top military strategists in the War Department knew that successful advances would be dependent upon strong lines of supplies and communications. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
military railway service, railway shop battalion, railway operating battalion, railway grand division, shop battalions, operating battalions, railway units Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, North Africa, Transportation Corps, World War, Chief of Engineers, White Pass, Director General, Red Ball, Rhine River, Transportation Service, General Gray, Parachute Battalion, Pearl Harbor, American Army, Atlantic Coast Line, Camp Polk, Combat Engineers, Fort Benning, Norfolk Southern Corp, Railway Age, Southern Pacific, Yukon Railway New!
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- Crusade in Europe by Dwight David Eisenhower in Back Matter
- North Africa (Exploration of Africa) by John G. Hall on page 62
- Casey Jones (Folk Tales of America) by Carol Beach York on page 37
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