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The road to victory, a history of Hampton Roads port of embarkation in World War II ...

Title: The road to victory, a history of Hampton Roads port of embarkation in World War II ... edited by Major William Reginald Wheeler ... foreword by Major General Charles P. Gross ... Illustrated with United States Army and Navy photographs, and paintings by Allan D. Jones, Jr., and Technical Sergeant Edward A. Chavez.
Author: Wheeler, W. Reginald (William Reginald), 1889-1963
Publication: Newport News, Va. [New Haven], [Yale University Press] 1946.

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Description

2 volumes color frontispieces, plates (some color) portraits, maps; 25 cm

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Note

Paged continuously.

Contents

Volume one. The geographical and historical environment of the port / Major W.R. Wheeler ; The development of the port / Major W.R. Wheeler ; Camp Patrick Henry / Captain Donald Higgins ; Embarkation / Major W.R. Wheeler ; Debarkation / Raymond B. Bottom ; Prisoners of war / Major W.R. Wheeler ; The sailing for the invasion of North Africa of task force "A," commanded by Major General George S. Patton, Jr. / Brigadier General John R. Kilpatrick ; The saga of the Contessa / Major W.R. Wheeler ; The sailing for the invasion of Sicily and Italy of task force "B" with the forty-fifth (Thunderbird) division, commanded by Major General Troy S. Middleton / Brigadier General John R. Kilpatrick ; Cargo movement / Colonel C.J. Wilder ; Oversea supply / Colonel L.G. Day ; Liberty ships as troop transports / Lieutenant F.P. Nesdale ; Cargo security officers / Lieutenant C.P. Clogher ; The women's army corps / Sergeant Freda Zegman -- Volume two. The technical services ; Military personnel / Major David E. Babcock ; Civilian personnel / Rena W. Frantz ; Morale services / Captain Ian H. Ross ; Processing of vehicles for overseas / Captain Tobias Stegman ; Training / Lieutenant Colonel William T. Watkins ; Prisoner-of-war command ; The port surgeon / Colonel Thomas M. Lowry ; Intelligence and security division / Lieutenant Colonel Wayne E. Homan ; The Baltimore cargo port of embarkation / Major David Fox ; The Hampton roads port of embarkation and the Middle East / Lieutenant Colonel Sidney N. Towle, Jr. ; Combat experiences of ships' transportation officers / Lieutenant Gordon D. Shirreffs.

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46020398

OCLC

ocm01268423
1268423
SCSB-9459531

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Princeton University Library