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Once upon a time in war : the 99th division in World War II
- Title
- Once upon a time in war : the 99th division in World War II / Robert E. Humphrey.
- Author
- Humphrey, Robert E.
- Publication
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2008.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Text | Use in library | D769.3 99th .H86 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xix, 366 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Robert Humphrey presents a stirring view of combat from the perspective of the common soldier. He personally retraced the path of the 99th through Belgium and Germany and conducted extensive interviews with more than three hundred surviving veterans. The memories are remarkable for their clarity, many of which are painful and long repressed. These narratives, seamlessly woven to create a collective biography, offer a gritty reenactment of World War II from the enlisted man's point of view, revealing the phsyical and psychological hardships soldiers endured and how they coped with them.
- Series Statement
- Campaigns and commanders ; v. 18
- Uniform Title
- Campaigns and commanders ; v. 18.
- Subject
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 99th
- USA Infantry Division 99
- USA > Infantry Division (99)
- 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front
- Military campaigns
- Regimental histories
- Zweiter Weltkrieg
- Westfront
- Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
- United States
- Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-357) and index.
- Contents
- The coming of war -- Training for war -- Going to war -- The Battle of the Bulge -- Going on the offensive -- Crossing the Rhine -- the soldier's world -- Closing the Ruhr Pocket -- Prisoners of war -- The war comes to an end.
- ISBN
- 9780806139463
- 0806139463
- 9780806144542
- 0806144548
- LCCN
- 2008010524
- OCLC
- ocn213133443
- 213133443
- SCSB-1498189
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library