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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780951703321

Autore

Heller Francis Howard

Titolo

Steel helmet and mortarboard [[electronic resource] ] : an academic in Uncle Sam's Army / / Francis H. Heller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8262-7181-2

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 190 p

Disciplina

940.54/1273092

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Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Austrian American

World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Area

Soldiers - United States

Austrian Americans

Refugees - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees

Law teachers - Kansas - Lawrence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

"Home is the place where-- when you come to it, they have to take you in" -- From schnitzels to barbeque -- Finis Austriae -- Fort Bragg, North Carolina -- Oahu, Territory of Hawaii -- Camp Caves, Queensland, Australia -- Goodenough Island and Hollandia, New Guinea -- Leyte, Philippine Islands -- Mindoro and Mindanao, Philippine Islands -- Okayama and Himeji, Japan -- Fukuoka, Japan -- Around the world in sixty days -- Reprise: Fort Bragg again -- Fort Leavenworth, Kansas -- Epilogue: Serendipity or good fortune.

Sommario/riassunto

"The story of an Austrian refugee who earned an American law degree in 1941, but a year later was drafted into the U.S. Army. Heller's account of those years recalls how he adjusted to military life and then how he later resumed his academic career only to be recalled to active duty for the Korean War"--Provided by publisher.