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The Rainbow Division in the Great War

Author : James J. Cooke
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 0275947688
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book The Rainbow Division in the Great War written by James J. Cooke and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1994-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rainbow Division (42nd Infantry Division) was the premier National Guard division to fight on the Western Front in the Great War. Made up of units from 26 states and the District of Columbia, the Rainbow was a unique attempt to combine units from every section of the nation and to get them to France as quickly as possible. The Rainbow arrived in France in December 1917, and served in every major battle the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) participated in. After the end of the war in November 1918, the Rainbow was selected to serve in the Army of Occupation, remaining in Germany until the spring of 1919. The division counted in its leadership Douglas MacArthur, William J. Wild Bill Donovan (later known for his service as the head of the OSS in World War II and for founding the CIA), soldier-poet Joyce Kilmer, Father Francis P. Duffy, plus future secretaries of the Army and the Air Force and two who would become Army Chiefs of Staff. George S. Patton's tanks supported The Rainbow Division during the St. Mihiel operations, the first time the legendary Patton planned for the use of tanks on the battlefield.

The Story of the Rainbow Division

Author : Raymond Sidney Tompkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Rainbow Division written by Raymond Sidney Tompkins and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Send the Alabamians

Author : Nimrod Thompson Frazer
Publisher : University Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 9780817359799
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Send the Alabamians written by Nimrod Thompson Frazer and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Send the Alabamians recounts the story of the 167th Infantry Regiment of the WWI Rainbow Division from their recruitment to their valiant service on the bloody fields of eastern France in the climactic final months of World War I. To mark the centenary of World War I, Send the Alabamians tells the remarkable story of a division of Alabama recruits whose service Douglas MacArthur observed had not “been surpassed in military history.” The book borrows its title from a quip by American General Edward H. Plummer who commanded the young men during the inauspicious early days of their service. Impressed with their ferocity and esprit de corps but exasperated by their rambunctiousness, Plummer reportedly exclaimed: In time of war, send me all the Alabamians you can get, but in time of peace, for Lord’s sake, send them to somebody else! The ferocity of the Alabamians, so apt to get them in trouble at home, proved invaluable in the field. At the climactic Battle of Croix Rouge, the hot-blooded 167th exhibited unflinching valor and, in the face of machine guns, artillery shells, and poison gas, sustained casualty rates over 50 percent to dislodge and repel the deeply entrenched and heavily armed enemy. Relying on extensive primary sources such as journals, letters, and military reports, Frazer draws a vivid picture of the individual soldiers who served in this division, so often overlooked but critical to the war’s success. After Gettysburg, the Battle of Croix Rouge is the most significant military engagement to involve Alabama soldiers in the state’s history. Families and genealogists will value the full roster of the 167th that accompanies the text. Richly researched yet grippingly readable, Nimrod T. Frazer’s Send the Alabamians will delight those interested in WWI, the World Wars, Alabama history, or southern military history in general. Historians of the war, regimental historians, military history aficionados, and those interested in previously unexplored facets of Alabama history will prize this unique volume as well.

42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division

Author : Hugh C. Daly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book 42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division written by Hugh C. Daly and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bogen følger 42nd Rainbow Divisions indsats i 2. Verdenskrig, fra 1944 til krigens afslutning.

42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division

Author : Hugh C. Daly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book 42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division written by Hugh C. Daly and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the 151st Field Artillery, Rainbow Division

Author : Louis Loren Collins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the 151st Field Artillery, Rainbow Division written by Louis Loren Collins and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The All-Americans at War

Author : James J. Cooke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313024464
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The All-Americans at War written by James J. Cooke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-04-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first study to analyze the content, training, and performance of a World War I draft division from its formation onward. The 82nd division consisted heavily of non-English speaking European immigrants and conscripts fresh from farming towns in Tennessee and North Carolina. Despite these apparent obstacles, it would evolve into an effective combat unit on the front lines of St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne. These All-Americans would prove that they could fight and accomplish several difficult missions in the Great War. From its birth at Camp Gordon, Georgia, to the battlefields of the Western Front, the 82nd division became a highly successful combat unit through good leadership and hard work. After initial training in France by both British and French forces, the 82nd entered the trenches to face the Germans. Given a difficult mission during the St. Mihiel offensive, the diverse division performed well; and during the Meuse-Argonne battle, it achieved its objectives despite heavy casualties. Despite an early lack of preparation, this force would be a true American success story.

Send the Alabamians

Author : Nimrod Thompson Frazer
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817318380
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Send the Alabamians written by Nimrod Thompson Frazer and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Send the Alabamians recounts the story of the 167th Infantry Regiment of the WWI Rainbow Division from their recruitment to their valiant service on the bloody fields of eastern France in the climactic final months of World War I. To mark the centenary of World War I, Send the Alabamians tells the remarkable story of a division of Alabama recruits whose service Douglas MacArthur observed had not “been surpassed in military history.” The book borrows its title from a quip by American General Edward H. Plummer who commanded the young men during the inauspicious early days of their service. Impressed with their ferocity and esprit de corps but exasperated by their rambunctiousness, Plummer reportedly exclaimed: In time of war, send me all the Alabamians you can get, but in time of peace, for Lord’s sake, send them to somebody else! The ferocity of the Alabamians, so apt to get them in trouble at home, proved invaluable in the field. At the climactic Battle of Croix Rouge, the hot-blooded 167th exhibited unflinching valor and, in the face of machine guns, artillery shells, and poison gas, sustained casualty rates over 50 percent to dislodge and repel the deeply entrenched and heavily armed enemy. Relying on extensive primary sources such as journals, letters, and military reports, Frazer draws a vivid picture of the individual soldiers who served in this division, so often overlooked but critical to the war’s success. After Gettysburg, the Battle of Croix Rouge is the most significant military engagement to involve Alabama soldiers in the state’s history. Families and genealogists will value the full roster of the 167th that accompanies the text. Richly researched yet grippingly readable, Nimrod T. Frazer’s Send the Alabamians will delight those interested in WWI, the World Wars, Alabama history, or southern military history in general. Historians of the war, regimental historians, military history aficionados, and those interested in previously unexplored facets of Alabama history will prize this unique volume as well.

Dachau 29 April 1945

Author : Sam Dann
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780896723917
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Dachau 29 April 1945 written by Sam Dann and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Members of the Rainbow Division, 42nd Infantry discuss what it was like to participate in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in April of 1945.

On the Western Front with the Rainbow Division

Author : Vernon E. Kniptash
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 080618583X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book On the Western Front with the Rainbow Division written by Vernon E. Kniptash and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ordinary soldier’s day-by-day account of the Great War Vernon E. Kniptash, an Indiana national guardsman who served in the Rainbow Division during World War I, observed firsthand some of the Great War’s fiercest fighting. As a radio operator with the Headquarters Company of the 150th Field Artillery, he was in constant contact with French and British forces as well as with American troops, and thus gained a broad perspective on the hostilities. Editor E. Bruce Geelhoed introduces and annotates Kniptash’s war diaries, published here for the first time. With clarity and compelling detail, Kniptash describes the experiences of an ordinary soldier thrust into the most violent conflict the world had seen. He tells of his enthusiasm upon enlistment and of the horrors of combat that followed, as well as the drudgery of daily routine. He renders unforgettable profiles of his fellow soldiers and commanders, and manages despite the strains of warfare to leaven his writing with humor. Readers will share Kniptash’s ordeals as he participates in the furious effort to stem a major German offensive, followed by six months of violent combat and the massive Allied counteroffensive that ended the war. Because Kniptash was called to remain with the Army of Occupation in Germany after his unit was shipped home, his diaries cover the full extent of American participation in the war.

A Brief Story of the Rainbow Division

Author : Walter B. Wolf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book A Brief Story of the Rainbow Division written by Walter B. Wolf and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

42nd Rainbow Infantry Division

Author : Lt. Hugh C. Daly
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781494489571
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (895 download)

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Download or read book 42nd Rainbow Infantry Division written by Lt. Hugh C. Daly and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of the Rainbow is a record of the accomplishments of every man who served in the Division. It is the story of his contribution to the safety and security of the people of his country and of the world. It is a history made possible not by individual achievement, but by the combined effort of all. It is natural in such a history as this that the action of the front line soldier is emphasized. While he deserves every bit of credit that it is possible to give him, he realizes that he was able to fight and win only because he was a member of a great fighting team in which thousands of men united to defeat the enemy. This, then, is a history of the combat infantry, of the artillery, the reconnaissance troop, the medical and engineer battalions, the signal, ordnance and quartermaster companies and of the division headquarters personnel.

Maneuver and Firepower

Author : John B. Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Maneuver and Firepower written by John B. Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hold at All Cost

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Hold at All Cost written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These accounts by 42nd Rainbow Division P.O.W.'s from both World Wars provide stark descriptions of battles preceding capture as well as experiences in the Lagers in which they were imprisoned.

The 42nd Infantry (Rainbow) Division in World War II

Author : Walt Cross
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The 42nd Infantry (Rainbow) Division in World War II written by Walt Cross and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

To the Last Man :.

Author : Jonathan D. Bratten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book To the Last Man :. written by Jonathan D. Bratten and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Trench Knives and Mustard Gas

Author : Hugh S. Thompson
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585442904
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book Trench Knives and Mustard Gas written by Hugh S. Thompson and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trench Knives and Mustard Gas: With the 42nd Rainbow Division in France is the memoir of a soldier on the front lines of World War I. Hugh Thompson’s memoirs of his time in France demonstrate a keen eye for detail and a penchant for philosophy. Thompson combines the fast-paced prose of the jazz age and the passionate observations of an engaged intellectual. Originally serialized in the Chattanooga Times in 1934, this newly edited version allows the author to tell his story to a whole new generation. Thomspon takes the reader on an intense journey with the 168th regiment of the 42nd Rainbow Division through the villages, towns, battlefields, and hospitals of France. He points out the sights along the way and has a knack for compressing a complex reflection on life into a single sentence. Severely wounded in his arm and back, Thompson reassesses his situation after visiting comrades who lost arms or legs. “I went back to my tent,” he recalls, “almost ashamed of my own lucky wounds.” Homesick for the States during his first months overseas, Thompson discovers that his platoon has become his second family. He becomes increasingly estranged from his old one and accustomed to the war’s distortion of time and values. Friendships form and disappear in the hour it takes a stranger to die. When he is wounded, Germans serve as his stretcher bearers. And things never happen when they take place, but later when one learns of them from a letter or from a soldier passing through. War does not destroy the physical man. It leads to strange experiences. Trench Knives and Mustard Gas brings the front lines of World War I, the Great War, to the hearts and minds of its readers. The book is an indispensable guide into the past, told by a man who was there.