Jack Toffey's war [[electronic resource] ] : a son's memoir / / John J. Toffey, IV |
Autore | Toffey John J. <1931-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Fordham University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
Disciplina |
940.54/1273092
B |
Collana | World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Mediterranean Region
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Africa, North World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Italy Soldiers - United States |
ISBN | 0-8232-4804-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""the first letter""; ""young jack""; ""fort dix and the forty-fourth division""; ""coast to coast, 1942""; ""french morocco""; ""tunisia""; ""algerian interlude""; ""sicily""; ""summer interludes""; ""southern italy""; ""italian interlude""; ""anzio: the can-dos""; ""anzio: the willing and ables""; ""the roads to rome""; ""the paths of glory""; ""Notes ""; ""Sources ""; ""Index "" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785559903321 |
Toffey John J. <1931->
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Jack Toffey's war : a son's memoir / / John J. Toffey, IV |
Autore | Toffey John J. <1931-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Fordham University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
Disciplina |
940.54/1273092
B |
Collana | World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Mediterranean Region
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Africa, North World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Italy Soldiers - United States |
ISBN | 0-8232-4804-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""the first letter""; ""young jack""; ""fort dix and the forty-fourth division""; ""coast to coast, 1942""; ""french morocco""; ""tunisia""; ""algerian interlude""; ""sicily""; ""summer interludes""; ""southern italy""; ""italian interlude""; ""anzio: the can-dos""; ""anzio: the willing and ables""; ""the roads to rome""; ""the paths of glory""; ""Notes ""; ""Sources ""; ""Index "" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817827303321 |
Toffey John J. <1931->
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My father's war [[electronic resource] ] : fighting with the Buffalo soldiers in World War II / / Carolyn Ross Johnston |
Autore | Johnston Carolyn Ross |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina |
940.54/1273092
B |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Italy
World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, African American |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8173-8620-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Part I. War and Memory; 1. The Buffalo Soldiers at the World War II Memorial; 2. "This Is Your Father"; Part II. Becoming a Buffalo Soldier; 3. The Road to War; 4. Training at Fort Huachuca; 5. Marriage and Bisbee; Part III. The Fight to Fight; 6. Buffalo Soldiers in the Jim Crow Army; 7. Maneuvers in Louisiana; Part IV. Women Waiting; 8. "I'll Be Seeing You": The Long Wait; Part V. Facing the Gothic Line: War Stories in Black and White; 9. Combat in Italy: September 1944-January 1945; 10. From Defeat to Victory: February-November 1945
Part VI. Life after World War II11. Coming Home; Part VII. Afterword; 12. My Search for My Father's War; 13. Fort Huachuca; 14. Carlisle and the Battle for Memory; 15. Notes from Italy; 16. The Buffalo Soldiers at the Capitol Rotunda; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462427203321 |
Johnston Carolyn Ross
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My father's war : fighting with the Buffalo soldiers in World War II / / Carolyn Ross Johnston |
Autore | Johnston Carolyn Ross |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa : , : University of Alabama Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina |
940.54/1273092
B |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Italy
World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, African American |
ISBN | 0-8173-8620-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Part I. War and Memory; 1. The Buffalo Soldiers at the World War II Memorial; 2. "This Is Your Father"; Part II. Becoming a Buffalo Soldier; 3. The Road to War; 4. Training at Fort Huachuca; 5. Marriage and Bisbee; Part III. The Fight to Fight; 6. Buffalo Soldiers in the Jim Crow Army; 7. Maneuvers in Louisiana; Part IV. Women Waiting; 8. "I'll Be Seeing You": The Long Wait; Part V. Facing the Gothic Line: War Stories in Black and White; 9. Combat in Italy: September 1944-January 1945; 10. From Defeat to Victory: February-November 1945
Part VI. Life after World War II; 11. Coming Home; Part VII. Afterword; 12. My Search for My Father's War; 13. Fort Huachuca; 14. Carlisle and the Battle for Memory; 15. Notes from Italy; 16. The Buffalo Soldiers at the Capitol Rotunda; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785790503321 |
Johnston Carolyn Ross
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My father's war : fighting with the Buffalo soldiers in World War II / / Carolyn Ross Johnston |
Autore | Johnston Carolyn Ross |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa : , : University of Alabama Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina |
940.54/1273092
B |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Italy
World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, African American |
ISBN | 0-8173-8620-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Part I. War and Memory; 1. The Buffalo Soldiers at the World War II Memorial; 2. "This Is Your Father"; Part II. Becoming a Buffalo Soldier; 3. The Road to War; 4. Training at Fort Huachuca; 5. Marriage and Bisbee; Part III. The Fight to Fight; 6. Buffalo Soldiers in the Jim Crow Army; 7. Maneuvers in Louisiana; Part IV. Women Waiting; 8. "I'll Be Seeing You": The Long Wait; Part V. Facing the Gothic Line: War Stories in Black and White; 9. Combat in Italy: September 1944-January 1945; 10. From Defeat to Victory: February-November 1945
Part VI. Life after World War II; 11. Coming Home; Part VII. Afterword; 12. My Search for My Father's War; 13. Fort Huachuca; 14. Carlisle and the Battle for Memory; 15. Notes from Italy; 16. The Buffalo Soldiers at the Capitol Rotunda; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828921303321 |
Johnston Carolyn Ross
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Normandy to victory [[electronic resource] ] : the war diary of General Courtney H. Hodges and the First U.S. Army / / William C. Sylvan and Francis G. Smith, Jr. ; edited by John T. Greenwood |
Autore | Sylvan William C |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (613 p.) |
Disciplina |
940.54/1273092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SmithFrancis G., Jr.
HodgesCourtney H. <1887-1966.> GreenwoodJohn T |
Collana | American warriors |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France - Normandy World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Front |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8131-3866-3
0-8131-3503-6 1-283-23240-5 9786613232403 0-8131-2642-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; A Biographical Sketch: Courtney Hicks Hodges; 1. The Invasion of France and the Lodgment in Normandy, 2 June-24 July 1944; 2. Operation Cobra and the Breakthrough at St. Lo, 25-31 July 1944; 3. Exploitation of the St. Lo Breakthrough, 1 August-12 September 1944; 4. The Battle of Germany, 13 September-15 December 1944; 5. The German Counteroffensive and the Drive to the Roer River, 16 December 1944-22 February 1945; Photo insert; 6. Crossing the Roer River, 23-28 February 1945; 7. Crossing the Rhine River, 1-24 March 1945
8. Exploutation of the Remagen Bridgehead, 25 March-18 April 19459. Final Operations, 19 April-7 May 1945; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456952703321 |
Sylvan William C
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Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2008 | ||
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Normandy to victory [[electronic resource] ] : the war diary of General Courtney H. Hodges and the First U.S. Army / / William C. Sylvan and Francis G. Smith, Jr. ; edited by John T. Greenwood |
Autore | Sylvan William C |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (613 p.) |
Disciplina |
940.54/1273092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SmithFrancis G., Jr.
HodgesCourtney H. <1887-1966.> GreenwoodJohn T |
Collana | American warriors |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France - Normandy World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Front |
ISBN |
0-8131-3866-3
0-8131-3503-6 1-283-23240-5 9786613232403 0-8131-2642-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; A Biographical Sketch: Courtney Hicks Hodges; 1. The Invasion of France and the Lodgment in Normandy, 2 June-24 July 1944; 2. Operation Cobra and the Breakthrough at St. Lo, 25-31 July 1944; 3. Exploitation of the St. Lo Breakthrough, 1 August-12 September 1944; 4. The Battle of Germany, 13 September-15 December 1944; 5. The German Counteroffensive and the Drive to the Roer River, 16 December 1944-22 February 1945; Photo insert; 6. Crossing the Roer River, 23-28 February 1945; 7. Crossing the Rhine River, 1-24 March 1945
8. Exploutation of the Remagen Bridgehead, 25 March-18 April 19459. Final Operations, 19 April-7 May 1945; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781668703321 |
Sylvan William C
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Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2008 | ||
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Normandy to victory : the war diary of General Courtney H. Hodges and the First U.S. Army / / William C. Sylvan and Francis G. Smith, Jr. ; edited by John T. Greenwood |
Autore | Sylvan William C |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (613 p.) |
Disciplina |
940.54/1273092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SmithFrancis G., Jr.
HodgesCourtney H. <1887-1966.> GreenwoodJohn T |
Collana | American warriors |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France - Normandy World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Front |
ISBN |
0-8131-3866-3
0-8131-3503-6 1-283-23240-5 9786613232403 0-8131-2642-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; A Biographical Sketch: Courtney Hicks Hodges; 1. The Invasion of France and the Lodgment in Normandy, 2 June-24 July 1944; 2. Operation Cobra and the Breakthrough at St. Lo, 25-31 July 1944; 3. Exploitation of the St. Lo Breakthrough, 1 August-12 September 1944; 4. The Battle of Germany, 13 September-15 December 1944; 5. The German Counteroffensive and the Drive to the Roer River, 16 December 1944-22 February 1945; Photo insert; 6. Crossing the Roer River, 23-28 February 1945; 7. Crossing the Rhine River, 1-24 March 1945
8. Exploutation of the Remagen Bridgehead, 25 March-18 April 19459. Final Operations, 19 April-7 May 1945; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818728003321 |
Sylvan William C
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Rails of war : supplying the Americans and their allies in China-Burma-India / / Steven James Hantzis |
Autore | Hantzis Steven James |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Lincoln, Nebraska] ; ; [London, England] : , : Potomac Books, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 940.54/1273092 |
Soggetto topico |
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 - Transportation
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 - Participation, American |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-61234-937-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465778503321 |
Hantzis Steven James
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Rails of war : supplying the Americans and their allies in China-Burma-India / / Steven James Hantzis |
Autore | Hantzis Steven James |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Lincoln, Nebraska] ; ; [London, England] : , : Potomac Books, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 940.54/1273092 |
Soggetto topico |
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 - Transportation
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 - Participation, American |
ISBN | 1-61234-937-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | SS Mariposa -- Leaving Bombay -- Indian rails -- To Parbatipur -- Air raid -- The Ledo Road -- Relay -- First encounters -- Inside the 721st -- Merrill's Marauders -- Company B -- Fire -- Mutaguchi's gift -- The Battle of Kohima -- After the storm -- Inbound -- Material inferiority -- Monsoon -- The Siege of Myitkyina -- A ghost in the yards -- Kaunia Junction -- Brothers -- Japanese retrench -- Medic! Medic! -- Stepping up -- Another Christmas -- Milepost 103 -- The road less traveled -- Toy train to Shangri-la -- Crossing Irrawaddy -- The home fires -- Blue flag -- Coupled up -- The new president -- Endgame -- Above Rangoon Jail -- Germany surrenders -- Discharge -- The conductor -- Around the world -- Departure -- Christmas 1945. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792879503321 |
Hantzis Steven James
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