02949nam 2200553 a 450 991077837790332120200520144314.00-8173-8032-9(CKB)1000000000479921(EBL)438179(OCoLC)182560405(SSID)ssj0000142233(PQKBManifestationID)11136234(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142233(PQKBWorkID)10096112(PQKB)11773035(MdBmJHUP)muse8629(Au-PeEL)EBL438179(CaPaEBR)ebr10387728(MiAaPQ)EBC438179(EXLCZ)99100000000047992120070130d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEagle days[electronic resource] a Marine legal/infantry officer in Vietnam /Don W. GriffisTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20071 online resource (194 p.)Includes index.0-8173-1578-0 Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; The Road to Vietnam; Going South; Learning the Ropes; Joining the Provisional Rifle Company and Early Legal Battles; The Chief of Staff Loses His Jeep; Summer 1968--Bracing for the Enemy's ""Third Wave"" Offensive; Typhoon Bess Meets the Chaplain; Patrols and Alarms; Night Assault; Racial Tensions Boil Over; Trials under Fire, a Trip to the Repose, and the Marine Corps Birthday; A Difficult Client; Thanksgiving and a Trip to Saigon; War in the Christmas Season; Bringing in the New Year; R&R Down Under; Back to Reality; Looking for TroubleTet 1969 and New Threats A Life-and-Death Drama; Murder at Chu Lai; Keeping the Pressure On; Easter and Operations in the Spring; Final Days; Going Home; Glossary of Military Terms and Acronyms; IndexMuch has been written about America's war in Vietnam, and an enduring and troubling subtext is the composition of the body of soldiers that made up the U.S. troop deployment: from the initially well-trained and disciplined group of largely elite units that served in the mid-sixties to what has been termed an "armed mob" by the end of that decade and into the early 1970's. Drug use, insubordination, racial antagonism that often became violent, theft and black market dealing, and even "fragging" (murder of officers and senior noncoms by disgruntled troops) marred the record of the U.S. military....Vietnam War, 1961-1975Personal narratives, AmericanSoldiersUnited StatesDiariesVietnam War, 1961-1975Soldiers959.704/3092BGriffis Don W(Donald Warner),1942-1577558MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778377903321Eagle days3856215UNINA05076nam 2200637 450 991082297340332120230808193259.01-78785-741-71-4766-2278-7(CKB)3710000000685154(EBL)4530131(SSID)ssj0001672332(PQKBManifestationID)16470121(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001672332(PQKBWorkID)14952912(PQKB)10033714(MiAaPQ)EBC4530131(EXLCZ)99371000000068515420160608h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInnovators in battery technology profiles of 93 influential electrochemists /Kevin Desmond ; foreword by Michael HallsJefferson, North Carolina :McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,2016.©20161 online resource (280 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7864-9933-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Foreword by Michael Halls ; Preface ; The Innovators (A-Z); André, Henri-Georges (1896-1967); Bacon, Francis Thomas (1904-1992) ; Bagotsky, Vladimir Sergeevich (1920-2012); Bagshaw, Norman Ernest (1933- ) ; Bain, Alexander (1810-1877) ; Barak, Montefiore (1904-1989) ; Bode, Hans Heinrich Christian (1905-1989)Böhnstedt, Werner (1945- ) Brush, Charles Francis (1849-1929) ; Bullock, Kathryn R. (1945- ) ; Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm Eberhard (1811-1899) ; Burbank, Jeanne B. (1915-2002) ; Burgess, Charles Frederick (1873-1945) ; Cairns, Elton James (1932- ) ; Callan, Nicholas Joseph (1799-1864)Chapin, Daryl M. (1906-1995), Calvin Souther Fuller (1902-1994) and Gerald Leondus Pearson (1905-1987)Clark, Josiah Latimer (1822-1898) ; Coetzer, Johan (1941- ) ; Conway, Brian Evans (1927-2005) ; Cooper, John Frederick (1946- ) ; Daniell, John Frederic (1790-1845) ; Davy, Humphry (1778-1829) ; Devitt, John Lawrence (1925- )Dicks, Andrew Leslie (1948- ) Drumm, James J. (1897-1974) ; Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931) ; Faure, Camille Alphonse (1840-1898) ; Feder, David O. (1924-2011) ; Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) ; Furukawa, Jun (1957- ) ; Garche, Jürgen Werner (1944- ) ; Gassner, Carl (1839-1882)Goodenough, John Bannister (1922- ) Grätzel, Michael (1944- ) ; Greatbatch, Wilson (1919-2011) ; Green, Martin Andrew (1948- ) ; Grey, Clare P. (1965- ) ; Grove, William Robert (1811-1896) ; Hare, Robert (1781-1858) ; Haring, Howard Egbert (1898-1965) ; Hatazawa, Tsuyonobu (1962- )Hellesen, Frederik Louis Wilhelm (1836-1892)"This biographical dictionary profiles 85 electrochemists from 19 nations who during the past 270 years have researched and developed efficient batteries and energy cells. Each entry traces the subject's origin, education, discoveries and patents, hobbies and family life. The breakthroughs of early innovators are cataloged and the work of living scientists and technicians is brought up to date"--Provided by publisher.ChemistsBiographyElectrochemistryHistoryElectric batteriesHistoryEnergy storageResearchChemistsElectrochemistryHistory.Electric batteriesHistory.Energy storageResearch.621.31/24240922Desmond Kevin1950-1150231Halls MichaelMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822973403321Innovators in battery technology4004068UNINA