Research Catalog

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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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