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Book Synopsis For God & Country by : William Pencak
Download or read book For God & Country written by William Pencak and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the years between the two world wars discusses the founding of the American Legion in 1919 and its contributions to patriotism, veterans and communities throughout the nation.
Book Synopsis On the Battlefield of Memory by : Steven Trout
Download or read book On the Battlefield of Memory written by Steven Trout and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a detailed study of how Americans in the 1920s and 1930s interpreted and remembered the First World War. Steven Trout asserts that from the beginning American memory of the war was fractured and unsettled, more a matter of competing sets of collective memories—each set with its own spokespeople— than a unified body of myth. The members of the American Legion remembered the war as a time of assimilation and national harmony. However, African Americans and radicalized whites recalled a very different war. And so did many of the nation’s writers, filmmakers, and painters. Trout studies a wide range of cultural products for their implications concerning the legacy of the war: John Dos Passos’s novels Three Soldiers and 1919, Willa Cather’s One of Ours, William March’s Company K, and Laurence Stallings’s Plumes; paintings by Harvey Dunn, Horace Pippin, and John Steuart Curry; portrayals of the war in The American Legion Weekly and The American Legion Monthly; war memorials and public monuments like the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; and commemorative products such as the twelve-inch tall Spirit of the American Doughboy statue. Trout argues that American memory of World War I was not only confused and contradictory during the ‘20s and ‘30s, but confused and contradictory in ways that accommodated affirmative interpretations of modern warfare and military service. Somewhat in the face of conventional wisdom, Trout shows that World War I did not destroy the glamour of war for all, or even most, Americans and enhanced it for many.
Book Synopsis The Story of the American Legion by : George Seay Wheat
Download or read book The Story of the American Legion written by George Seay Wheat and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1919 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History's Greatest War by : Samuel John Duncan-Clark
Download or read book History's Greatest War written by Samuel John Duncan-Clark and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Story of China Post 1 by : Scott Riebel
Download or read book The Story of China Post 1 written by Scott Riebel and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-20 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China Post 1 is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Founded in Shanghai, China in November 1919, the history of this Post is in fact a history of the membership of the Post, their love for it and their dedication and efforts in ensuring the success and survival of this organization. During the early years, the Post conducted operation much like any other Post within the American Legion.In 1938, following the Japanese occupation of China, the membership shifted focus and much of their work consisted of clandestine operations, intelligence gathering and reporting through their established business connections.On December 8, 1941 following Pearl Harbor, all U.S. expats were gathered up and incarcerated in "civilian detention facilities" like Pootung Prison. During that long incarceration, Post members continued their intel gathering and reporting through a vast network of established civilian contact. One member in particular stands out, Past Commander Frank D. Mortimer.Following the war and their release from incarceration, Post members immediately returned to the old Post home and began the process of assisting expats and veterans return to the U.S., locate missing relatives, arrange for final honors; frankly, anything that was within their power to accomplish with little money. In 1948 the people abandoned the Chiang Kai-shek government in favor of Mao Zedong and in 1948, Americans in Mao's China became persona non grata. So began our exile.The Soldier of Fortune moniker appealed to a certain category of war fighters in South East Asia. The resurgence of the Post is due in large part to these people.You just cannot join China Post 1. Membership in the Post is not solicited. Prospective members MUST be recommended by a current member. The veracity of their application is carefully verified, and an intake interview is conducted. The brand that is China Post 1 is carefully protected.The story of China Post 1 is the story of the membership. This is a collection of their stories and their contributions to maintaining the Post and its brand. This is their story.
Book Synopsis For God & Country by : William Pencak
Download or read book For God & Country written by William Pencak and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the years between the two world wars discusses the founding of the American Legion in 1919 and its contributions to patriotism, veterans and communities throughout the nation.
Download or read book The American Legion Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bodies of War written by Lisa M. Budreau and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War I marked the first war in which the United States government and military took full responsibility for the identification, burial, and memorialization of those killed in battle, and as a result, the process of burying and remembering the dead became intensely political. The government and military attempted to create a patriotic consensus on the historical memory of World War I in which war dead were not only honored but used as a symbol to legitimize America's participation in a war not fully supported by all citizens. In this book, the author unpacks the politics and processes of the competing interest groups involved in the three core components of commemoration: repatriation, remembrance, and return. This book emphasizes the inherent tensions in the politics of memorialization and explores how those interests often conflicted with the needs of veterans and relatives.
Book Synopsis The American Legion by : Thomas A. Rumer
Download or read book The American Legion written by Thomas A. Rumer and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Love and Sacrifice by : Dennis Whitehead
Download or read book Love and Sacrifice written by Dennis Whitehead and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-14 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love and Sacrifice is the true story of a father and son killed in World War II. The stories of the Reed family in Love and Sacrifice are vividly brought to life in the personal memoirs of wife and mother, Mildred Reed, enhanced by personal letters among family members through courtship, love, and loss. Mildred's words are richly illustrated with hundreds of photographs bringing the family's stories to life. Their travels are documented within the significant historical context of the time and places where the family was living.Colonel Ollie W. Reed, was the commanding officer of the 175th Regiment, 29th Division in Normandy. He died of the mortal wounds suffered on July 30, 1944 in Villebaudon, France during a German counter-offensive. Colonel Reed did not know that his son had been killed in action three weeks earlier.Lieutenant Ollie W. Reed, Jr., a 1942 West point graduate, was a platoon leader in the 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division in Italy when, in their second day in combat, he was killed in action while trying to get his panicked men to cover during an artillery barrage. He left a wife and six-month-old son, Ollie W. Reed, III.Father and son are buried alongside one another in the Normandy American Cemetery.
Book Synopsis A History of the American Legion by : Marquis James
Download or read book A History of the American Legion written by Marquis James and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Seattle General Strike by : Robert Friedheim
Download or read book The Seattle General Strike written by Robert Friedheim and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “We are undertaking the most tremendous move ever made by LABOR in this country, a move which will lead—NO ONE KNOWS WHERE!” With these words echoing throughout the city, on February 6, 1919, 65,000 Seattle workers began one of the most important general strikes in US history. For six tense yet nonviolent days, the Central Labor Council negotiated with federal and local authorities on behalf of the shipyard workers whose grievances initiated the citywide walkout. Meanwhile, strikers organized to provide essential services such as delivering supplies to hospitals and markets, as well as feeding thousands at union-run dining facilities. Robert L. Friedheim’s classic account of the dramatic events of 1919, first published in 1964 and now enhanced with a new introduction, afterword, and photo essay by James N. Gregory, vividly details what happened and why. Overturning conventional understandings of the American Federation of Labor as a conservative labor organization devoted to pure and simple unionism, Friedheim shows the influence of socialists and the IWW in the city’s labor movement. While Seattle’s strike ended in disappointment, it led to massive strikes across the country that determined the direction of labor, capital, and government for decades. The Seattle General Strike is an exciting portrait of a Seattle long gone and of events that shaped the city’s reputation for left-leaning activism into the twenty-first century.
Book Synopsis Uncommon Valor by : Dwight Jon Zimmerman
Download or read book Uncommon Valor written by Dwight Jon Zimmerman and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncommon Valor from Dwight Jon Zimmerman and John D. Gresham presents a fascinating look at six of our bravest soldiers and the highest military decoration awarded in this country. Since the Vietnam War ended in 1973, the Medal of Honor, our nation's highest award for valor, has been presented to only eight men for their actions "above and beyond the call of duty." Six of the eight were young men who had fought in the current war in Iraq, Afghanistan, or both. All of these medals were awarded posthumously, as all had made the choice to give their lives so that their comrades might live. Uncommon Valor answers the searing question of who these six young soldiers were, and dramatically details how they found themselves in life-or-death situations, and why they responded as they did. For the first time, this book also provides a comprehensive history of the Medal of Honor itself—one marred by controversies, scandals, and theft. Using an extraordinary range of sources, including interviews with family members and friends, teammates and superiors in the military, personal letters, blogs posted within hours of events, personal and official videos and newly declassified documents, Uncommon Valor is a compelling and important work that recounts incredible acts of heroism and lays bare the ultimate sacrifice of our bravest soldiers.
Book Synopsis Veterans of the First World War by : David Swift
Download or read book Veterans of the First World War written by David Swift and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume synthesises the latest scholarship on First World War veterans in post-war Britain and Ireland, investigating the topic through its political, social and cultural dynamics. It examines the post-war experiences of those men and women who served and illuminates the nature of the post-war society for which service had been given. Complicating the homogenising tendency in existing scholarship it offers comparison of the experiences of veterans in different regions of Britain, including perspectives drawn from Ireland. Further nuance is offered by the assessment of the experiences of ex-servicewomen alongside those of ex-servicemen, such focus deeping understanding into the gendered specificities of post-war veteran activities and experiences. Moreover, case studies of specific cohorts of veterans are offered, including focus on disabled veterans and ex-prisoners of war. In these regards the collection offers vital updates to existing scholarship while bringing important new departures and challenges to the current interpretive frameworks of veteran experiences in post-war Britain and Ireland.
Book Synopsis Burdens of War by : Jessica L. Adler
Download or read book Burdens of War written by Jessica L. Adler and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the World War I era, veterans fought for a unique right: access to government-sponsored health care. In the process, they built a pillar of American social policy. Burdens of War explores how the establishment of the veterans’ health system marked a reimagining of modern veterans’ benefits and signaled a pathbreaking validation of the power of professionalized institutional medical care. Adler reveals that a veterans’ health system came about incrementally, amid skepticism from legislators, doctors, and army officials concerned about the burden of long-term obligations, monetary or otherwise, to ex-service members. She shows how veterans’ welfare shifted from centering on pension and domicile care programs rooted in the nineteenth century to direct access to health services. She also traces the way that fluctuating ideals about hospitals and medical care influenced policy at the dusk of the Progressive Era; how race, class, and gender affected the health-related experiences of soldiers, veterans, and caregivers; and how interest groups capitalized on a tense political and social climate to bring about change. The book moves from the 1910s—when service members requested better treatment, Congress approved new facilities and increased funding, and elected officials expressed misgivings about who should have access to care—to the 1930s, when the economic crash prompted veterans to increasingly turn to hospitals for support while bureaucrats, politicians, and doctors attempted to rein in the system. By the eve of World War II, the roots of what would become the country’s largest integrated health care system were firmly planted and primed for growth. Drawing readers into a critical debate about the level of responsibility America bears for wounded service members, Burdens of War is a unique and moving case study. -- Jennifer D. Keene, Chapman University, author of Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America
Book Synopsis The Long Week-End 1897-1919 by : Wilfred R. Bion
Download or read book The Long Week-End 1897-1919 written by Wilfred R. Bion and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reminiscence of the first twenty-one years of Wilfred Bion s life: eight years of childhood in India, ten years at public school in England, and three years of life in the army.
Book Synopsis The Story of the American Legion (1919) by : George Seay Wheat
Download or read book The Story of the American Legion (1919) written by George Seay Wheat and published by . This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
