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Author
Series
Things our fathers saw volume Volume 5
Publisher
Woodchuck Hollow Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
From the bloody beach at Omaha through the hedgerow country of Normandy and beyond, American veterans of World War II--Army engineers and infantrymen, Coast Guardsmen and Navy sailors, tank gunners and glider pilots--sit down with you across the kitchen table and talk about what they saw and experienced, tales they may have never told anyone before. World War II brought out the worst in humanity, but it also brought out the best. In these narratives...
Author
Publisher
Woodchuck Hollow Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Matthew Rozell reconstructs a lost chapter of the Holocaust -- the liberation of a 'death train' deep in the heart of Nazi Germany in the closing days of the World War II. Drawing on never-before published eye-witness accounts, survivor testimony, and wartime reports and letters, Rozell brings to life the true stories behind an iconic 1945 liberation photograph taken by the soldiers who were there.
Author
Series
Things our fathers saw volume Volume 6
Publisher
Woodchuck Hollow Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
At the height of World War II, LOOK Magazine profiled a small upstate New York community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Seventy years later, a history teacher tracks down the veterans with a connection to "Hometown, USA" who fought the war in the air over Europe, men who were tempered in the tough times of the Great Depression and forged in battle. He rescues and resurrects firsthand...
Author
Series
Things our fathers saw volume 8
Publisher
Woodchuck Hollow Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In volume 8 of The Things Our Fathers Saw series, you will return to the Pacific with our veterans as they recall the chaos in the aftermath at Pearl Harbor, the first challenges on land at Guadalcanal, island hopping with the Marines, Navy, and Army at the Marshalls, Marianas, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. You will witness the most horrific bonzai charges of the war, accompany airmen on their B-29 missions over Japan, and lean over navy corpsmen as they...
Author
Series
Things our fathers saw volume Volume 4
Publisher
Woodchuck Hollow Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
First person oral history of American combat veterans of WWII in the Italian campaign, including the North African and Sicilian campaigns, with historical analysis and contextualization.
At the height of World War II, LOOK Magazine profiled a small upstate New York community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Seventy years later, a history teacher tracks down the veterans with a connection...
Author
Series
Things our fathers saw volume 2
Publisher
Woodchuck Hollow Press
Pub. Date
©2017
Language
English
Description
At the height of World War II, LOOK Magazine profiled a small upstate New York community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Seventy years later, a history teacher tracks down the veterans with a connection to "Hometown, USA" who fought the war in the air over Europe, men who were tempered in the tough times of the Great Depression and forged in battle. He rescues and resurrects firsthand...
Author
Series
Things our fathers saw volume Volume 7
Publisher
Woodchuck Hollow Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From the cliffs of Pointe Du Hoc to a bridge too far in Holland, from the frozen Bulge and the dragons teeth of the Siegfried Line to the banks of the raging Rhine River, a dozen American veterans--Army rangers and replacement infantrymen, paratroopers, advance scouts and bridge engineers--sit down and tell all, a vanishing generation speaking to America today, in their own words.""--Book jacket
Author
Series
Things our fathers saw volume 3
Publisher
Woodchuck Hollow Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
At the height of World War II, LOOK Magazine profiled a small upstate New York community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Seventy years later, a history teacher tracks down the veterans who fought the war in the air over Europe, men who were tempered in the tough times of the Great Depression and forged in battle, and presents their firsthand accounts of combat and brotherhood, of...
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