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Author : George W. Gross
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ISBN 13 : 9781886104082
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (4 download)
Download or read book U.S. Naval Air Station at Vero Beach, Florida During World War II written by George W. Gross and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nick Wynne
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614231427
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Florida in World War II written by Nick Wynne and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few realize what a vital role World War II and Florida played in each other's history. The war helped Florida move past its southern conservative mentality and emerge as a sophisticated society, and thousands of military men were trained under Florida's sunny skies. Here are stories from some of the one hundred military bases, including Tyndall Field, where Clark Gable trained, and Eglin Air Force Base, where Doolittle planned his raid on Tokyo. Read about Camp Gordon Johnston, referred to as "Hell by the Sea," built in a swampy, snake-infested subtropical jungle, and uncover the secrets of "Station J," a base that monitored the transmissions of German U-boats prowling off the coast. This fascinating collaboration between historians Nick Wynne and Richard Moorhead reveals the lasting impact of World War II on Florida as the United States heads into the seventieth anniversary of its entry into the war.
Author : Gilbert S. Guinn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857711121
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book British Naval Aviation in World War II written by Gilbert S. Guinn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-07-20 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the outome of the Battle of the Atlantic from 1939 to 1945 depended Britain's survival in the midst of a global war. The need to control the sealanes to Britain was mirrored by a need to control the skies above. Carrier based aircraft and seaplanes would play an important role in defeating the German submarine menace and in combating her surface fleet. However, at the start of World War II Britain possessed neither the training or industrial establishment necessary to develop this arm of warfare. From 1940 onwards the United States provided answers to the problem firstly in the form of American built aircraft, then American built aircraft carriers and finally American trained pilots. Even before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm pilots were being trained in the United States under a scheme set up by the United States Navy as part of the Lend Lease agreement. In the safer skies over the United States American Navy pilots would train British aviation cadets how to fly and to fight. This process is examined from a variety of different perspectives including the military, diplomatic, educational and cultural. For many young British aviation cadets the journey across the Atlantic and across America was as surprising as it was lengthy. Many would find themselves caught up with issues such as segregation in the American South of which they had little understanding. The book is based on interviews and correspondence with hundreds of former cadets who trained in the United States in the 1940s together with material from the British and American archives.
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738544458
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (444 download)
Download or read book Indian River County written by and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of vintage postcards depicts Indian River County, Florida, from the late 1800s to the mid-1900s, a time of dramatic change. Even after the West was settled, South Florida remained a frontier. The Indian River Lagoon, the most biodiverse estuary in North America, was then the only avenue for travel for canoes of the indigenous Native Americans, sailing vessels, and steamboats that opened the land to settlers. Today the lagoon is part of the Intracoastal Waterway, and the current civic leaders have ensured the preservation of the county's history by limiting high-rise buildings, protecting trees, and purchasing environmentally sensitive and historically significant properties.
Author : Mark Langill
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738529356
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (293 download)
Download or read book Dodgertown written by Mark Langill and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fields at Dodgertown are hallowed ground for future Hall of Famers and heaven for fans wanting to meet today's baseball greats and tomorrow's rising stars. The location is Vero Beach, Florida, the spring training home of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers since 1948. The Dodgers first set up camp at the invitation of a local businessman, Bud Holman, after the city needed a tenant to occupy a former World War II naval air station. The camp is the most unique baseball training facility in the country, a destination for international baseball visitors, and it shares a special relationship with the community of Vero Beach.
Author : Ron Fairly
Publisher : Back Story Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0999396730
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (993 download)
Download or read book Fairly at Bat written by Ron Fairly and published by Back Story Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography of Ron Fairly, an American Major League Baseball player and broadcaster. Combining playing and broadcasting appearances, Fairly was involved in over 7,000 major league games from 1958 through 2006.
Author : Teresa Lee Rushworth
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467111503
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Vero Beach written by Teresa Lee Rushworth and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Treasure Coast of Florida had been inhabited by indigenous peoples for many centuries when pioneer settlers began arriving from other parts of the United States in the late 1800s. When the town of Vero was incorporated in 1919, it was one of several growing communities in the area. By 1925, when it became known as the city of Vero Beach and was designated the seat of the newly formed Indian River County, this small but prosperous coastal city was poised to become a thriving tropical destination that has managed to maintain a small-town atmosphere. In addition to its captivating natural beauty, Vero Beach has been home to a world-renowned citrus industry, a World War II naval air station, the Dodgers major-league baseball organization, the Piper Aircraft Company, and a vibrant cultural life.
Author : Glen Sparks
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476677905
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Pee Wee Reese written by Glen Sparks and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harold "Pee Wee" Reese may have been the most beloved Brooklyn Dodgers player of all time. During a 16-year career in the 1940s and 1950s, he delivered timely hits, made countless acrobatic defensive plays at shortstop, and stole hundreds of bases for clubs that won seven pennants and, in 1955, finally overcame the Yankees to win the World Series. Reese may be best remembered, however, for a gesture of solidarity. The year and the location vary with the telling, but witnesses agree on this crucial detail: During one of Jackie Robinson's early tours of the National League, as catcalls and racial taunts rained down on him, the Southern-born Reese draped an arm across the infielder's shoulder and stood alongside him, facing the crowd. In this first full-length biography of Reese, author Glen Sparks digs into Hall of Famer's life and career, his leadership both on and off the field, and the reasons that Brooklyn fans fell in love with the Boys of Summer.
Author : Tom Hoffarth
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496240154
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)
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Author : Joseph E. Salvatore
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738572123
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (721 download)
Download or read book Naval Air Station Wildwood written by Joseph E. Salvatore and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commissioned on April 1, 1943, Naval Air Station Wildwood trained thousands of U.S. Navy airmen during World War II. Located in southern New Jersey on a peninsula bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay, the air station was perfectly sited to provide them with the over-water practice they needed for fighting the Japanese fleet in the western Pacific theater. Some of the war's most lethal bombers-Helldivers and TBM-3E Avengers among them-were flown by members of naval fighter, dive-bombing, and torpedo-bombing squadrons based at the station from 1943 until 1945. At least 42 airmen lost their lives while training at the station, but their deaths brought about improvements in airplane design and tactics. Today only a handful of the station's 126 original buildings remain; the largest of these, Hangar No. 1, has been restored to its original appearance and houses Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum.
Author : Richard E. Osborne
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book World War II Sites in the United States written by Richard E. Osborne and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is two books in one; a directory listing the descriptions of hundreds of WW II Sites in the United States and a tour guide on how to find and visit them. Listed are army camps - air fields - naval air stations - naval bases - Marine Corps bases - warships on display - enemy aircraft and submarine attack sites on American territory - Japanese bombing balloon attack and recovery sites - coastal defenses - military hospitals - prisoner of war camps - internment camps for enemy aliens - relocation camps of ethnic Japanese - birth places and homes of prominent WW II personalities - atomic bomb sites - spy landing sites and sabotage targets - arsenals - ordnance plants - shipyards - military depots... and MUCH MORE...
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Total Pages : 832 pages
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Download or read book Army, Navy, Air Force Journal & Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1563111101
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (631 download)
Download or read book Enlisted Naval Aviation Pilots written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early 1890s through the late 1920s saw an explosion in serious long fiction by women in the United States. Considering a wide range of authors--African American, Asian American, white American, and Native American--this book looks at the work of seventeen writers from that period: FrancesEllen Harper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sarah Orne Jewett, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Kate Chopin, Pauline Hopkins, Gertrude Stein, Mary Austin, Sui Sin Far, Willa Cather, Humishuma, Jessie Fauset, Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, Anzia Yezierska, Edith Summers Kelley, and Nella Larsen. The discussionfocuses on the differences in their work and the similarities that unite them, particularly their determination to experiment with narrative form as they explored and voiced issues of power for women. Analyzing the historical context that both enabled and limited American women writers at the turnof the century, Ammons provides detailed readings of many texts and offers extensive commentary on the interaction between race and gender. This book joins the deepening discussion of modern women writers' creation of themselves as artists and raises fundamental questions about the shape of Americanliterary history as it has been constructed in the academy.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Florida History & the Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magazine of Florida's heritage.
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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1563112078
Total Pages : 144 pages
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Download or read book Marine Corps Aviation Chronolog, Volume II written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0938021958
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (38 download)
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