03349nam 2200637Ia 450 991082158110332120200520144314.00-8262-7179-0(CKB)2520000000008156(OCoLC)609682340(CaPaEBR)ebrary10364863(SSID)ssj0000428451(PQKBManifestationID)11274746(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428451(PQKBWorkID)10423995(PQKB)11760390(MiAaPQ)EBC3571021(Au-PeEL)EBL3571021(CaPaEBR)ebr10364863(EXLCZ)99252000000000815620090129d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSoldier of the press covering the front in Europe and North Africa, 1936-1943 /Henry T. Gorrell ; edited with an introduction by Kenneth Gorrell, foreword by John C. McManus1st ed.Columbia, MO University of Missouri Pressc20091 online resource (329 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1851-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue -- Little Caesar -- Civil War in Spain -- Prisoner of war -- The Simpson case -- The siege of Madrid -- Interlude : reflecting on events, 1936-1939 -- London : September 1939 -- Balkan powder keg -- Nadia of the Gestapo -- Lieutenant Bill Belle -- Hitler : "carry out plan number four!" -- Vichy treachery -- Taxi to Teheran -- Interlude : October 1941-May 1942 -- Malta convoy -- The retreat to Alamein -- Rommel hits a Stone Wall -- "The lull continues in the western desert"--BBC -- "Winnie" comes to Alamein -- "No retreat and no surrender"--Montgomery -- "Milk run" to Benghazi -- The bombing of Navarino bay -- The battle of Alamein -- Rommel packs up -- Benghazi's fall -- The Yanks bomb Naples -- The death of Private "X" -- The "ladies from hell" attack -- The fall of Tripoli -- Conclusion (but the war goes on)."This memoir by United Press war correspondent Henry T. Gorrell provides eyewitness accounts from the battlefields of the Spanish Civil War and the war fronts in Greece, the Balkans, the Middle East, and North Africa during World War II"--Provided by publisher.World War, 1939-1945Journalism, MilitaryUnited StatesWorld War, 1939-1945Personal narratives, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945JournalistsBiographyWar correspondentsUnited StatesBiographySpainHistoryCivil War, 1936-1939Journalism, MilitaryUnited StatesSpainHistoryCivil War, 1936-1939Personal narratives, AmericanSpainHistoryCivil War, 1936-1939JournalistsBiographyWorld War, 1939-1945Journalism, MilitaryWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945JournalistsWar correspondents940.54/21Gorrell Henry T.1911-1958.1612649Gorrell Kenneth1612650MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821581103321Soldier of the press3941567UNINA