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Book Synopsis WACs Opened My Eyes by : Mable Harris
Download or read book WACs Opened My Eyes written by Mable Harris and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Christine Gibson, a sharecropper’s daughter who was filled with doing something other than sharecropping. Christine lived in Mississippi and often felt trapped. In 1939, there wasn’t much for a young black girl like Christine to do but the fields and marriage. Christine left Mississippi in search of a new life and ended up in Chicago. Because of her poor education, she ended up in the WACs.
Download or read book The Princess written by Jude Deveraux and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-02-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Jude Deveraux surrounds a regal heroine with the intrigue and excitement of a forbidden love in this lush, romantic tale of adventure and passion. Her name is Aria...a beautiful, arrogant princess from a small European kingdom. Stranded in a storm of intrigue near the Florida Keys, she is swept ashore and into the arms of dashing J.T. Montgomery, an officer of the United States Navy. Disdainful at first, Aria is secretly tantalized by the handsome Lieutenant’s brash independence...and beneath her proud reserve, J.T. discovers a woman of sensuous fire. To escape her enemies, they return to her royal domain—with Aria posing as an American bride. But if their daring charade succeeds, Aria will have to choose—between the kingdom she was born to rule, and the man she was destined to love…
Book Synopsis Sgt. Mickey and General Ike by : Michael James McKeogh
Download or read book Sgt. Mickey and General Ike written by Michael James McKeogh and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1946, this is a memoir of Eisenhower’s enlisted aide, Michael “Mickey” J. McKeogh, telling his experiences of serving the General for four years. An unabashed admirer of the general, he told a Washington Post reporter in 1948 that he knew “the Boss” about as well as one man can know another. “You see,” he explained, “I practically lived with him for four years and I saw him first thing in the morning and last thing at night. There was never anybody like him.” “Mickey had a choice job in the war, but it wasn’t easy, by any means. He was on call practically twenty-four hours a day and whenever he sought to get out of earshot of the General to go to a GI movie, or perhaps to steal an hour or two with Pearlie, he had to obtain the personal approval of the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces, whose reputation for fairness and generosity I can testify began at home. The old adage that no man is a hero to his valet is disproved by Mickey’s story. Few men ever had a more loyal and cheerful orderly, and in many ways, companion and confidant. “Former Naval Lieutenant Richard Lockridge has caught the spirit of Mickey’s story with uncanny perception. When I read some of the manuscript I could hear Mickey talking. “In years, probably decades and perhaps centuries to come students of history will find stories like this of value in judging the character of General Eisenhower. If Caesar’s orderly, as well as others close to great world figures during stirring times, had written a book like this while memory was fresh with details, how much better all of us would have known the characters who made and are making history.”—Introduction by HARRY C. BUTCHER, Naval Aide to General Eisenhower, 1942-1945
Download or read book Two Week WAC written by Bea Ann Amark and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience what it was like to be one of the first female soldiers in the US Army. In 1978, the Women’s Army Corps had just been disbanded, and the army—having been a social experiment and the melting pot for every new political requirement—grudgingly accepted women into their ranks. Bea Ann Amark was among them. She set out to drive trucks for the army and joined the 232nd Transportation Company and soon found herself stationed in West Germany in the late 1970s. The Cold War was in fully swing, and the company’s group of truck drivers suddenly became family, both on and off the road. The time Amark spent there shaped the way she lived the rest of her life and gave her an adventure she would never forget. An in-depth and personal look at a woman’s life in the army, Two-Week WAC tells the story of one woman’s army service, an unexpected choice that changed the course of her life.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Book of American Short Stories by : Joyce Carol Oates
Download or read book The Oxford Book of American Short Stories written by Joyce Carol Oates and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Authors include: Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt and Tim O'Brien.
Book Synopsis The Wonderful World of W. A. C. Bennett by : Ronald B. Worley
Download or read book The Wonderful World of W. A. C. Bennett written by Ronald B. Worley and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Norma Kent of the WACS by : Roy J. Snell
Download or read book Norma Kent of the WACS written by Roy J. Snell and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Norma Kent of the WACS' by Roy J. Snell, readers are taken on a thrilling journey through the life of Norma Kent, a young woman who joins the Women's Army Corps during World War II. The book is a well-researched historical fiction that vividly portrays the challenges and victories of women serving in the military during a time of war. Snell's writing style is straightforward yet engaging, making it accessible to a wide range of readers. The story is filled with action, suspense, and heartwarming moments that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. This book is a valuable contribution to the literary world, shedding light on the often-overlooked role of women in wartime history. It is a must-read for anyone interested in women's history, military history, or simply looking for a captivating story with a strong female protagonist. Roy J. Snell's expertise in historical fiction shines through in 'Norma Kent of the WACS,' making it a compelling and educational read for all.
Book Synopsis Vietnam & Beyond by : Jenny La Sala, Jim Markson
Download or read book Vietnam & Beyond written by Jenny La Sala, Jim Markson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam and Beyond is a collection of wartime letters written home by Jim Markson from March 1967 to March 1968. Jim carried sadness and boxed-up memories from Vietnam. Perhaps, if it were not for the general divided and oppositional public opinion of the Vietnam War at that time, the soldiers returning home might have been able to open up and begin the healing process. Instead, those soldiers returning from Vietnam were afraid to tell their story. These fears bound each soldier to the other. We are very proud to embrace all veterans and include stories of veterans of all wars, including WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan to show the similarities of war and the soldier from one generation to another.
Book Synopsis Beyond Combat by : Heather Marie Stur
Download or read book Beyond Combat written by Heather Marie Stur and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Combat investigates how the Vietnam War both reinforced and challenged the gender roles that were key components of American Cold War ideology. Refocusing attention onto women and gender paints a more complex and accurate picture of the war's far-reaching impact beyond the battlefields. Encounters between Americans and Vietnamese were shaped by a cluster of intertwined images used to make sense of and justify American intervention and use of force in Vietnam. These images included the girl next door, a wholesome reminder of why the United States was committed to defeating Communism, and the treacherous and mysterious 'dragon lady', who served as a metaphor for Vietnamese women and South Vietnam. Heather Stur also examines the ways in which ideas about masculinity shaped the American GI experience in Vietnam and, ultimately, how some American men and women returned from Vietnam to challenge homefront gender norms.
Download or read book Dakota Texts written by Ella Cara Deloria and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ella Deloria (1889?1971), one of the first Native students of linguistics and ethnography in the United States, grew up on the Standing Rock Reservation on the northern Great Plains and was trained by Franz Boas at Columbia University. Dakota Texts presents a rich array of Sioux mythology and folklore in its original language and in translation. Originally published in 1932 by the American Ethnological Society, this work is a landmark contribution to the study of the Sioux tribes.
Book Synopsis Mick Tracy, the Irish Scripture reader, by W.A.C. by : W A. C
Download or read book Mick Tracy, the Irish Scripture reader, by W.A.C. written by W A. C and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis WAC and Second Language Writers by : Terry Myers Zawacki
Download or read book WAC and Second Language Writers written by Terry Myers Zawacki and published by Parlor Press LLC. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editors and contributors pursue the ambitious goal of including within WAC theory, research, and practice the differing perspectives, educational experiences, and voices of second-language writers. The chapters within this collection not only report new research but also share a wealth of pedagogical, curricular, and programmatic practices relevant to second-language writers. Representing a range of institutional perspectives—including those of students and faculty at public universities, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and English-language schools—and a diverse set of geographical and cultural contexts, the editors and contributors report on work taking place in the United States, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Book Synopsis Generally Speaking by : Claudia J. Kennedy
Download or read book Generally Speaking written by Claudia J. Kennedy and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claudia J. Kennedy retired as the Army's first female three-star general and the highest-ranking woman ever in that branch, overseeing 45,000 soldiers worldwide. During her 32-year career she witnessed the dramatic advances made by military women, and she was a long-time champion for fairness and equality in the Army. As she recounts her experiences in a male-dominated profession, beginning as a young Women's Army Corps officer in 1969, moving through her Pentagon service as a three-star general, and ending with her retirement in 2000, General Kennedy charts the struggles and triumphs in her inspiring life and career.
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Book Synopsis The Spy Who Hated Fudge by : Richard L. Hershatter
Download or read book The Spy Who Hated Fudge written by Richard L. Hershatter and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-07-18 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SPY WHO HATED FUDGE begins when America’s beloved Lady of the Torch turns up missing, and lawyer/spy Rand Stannard, Special Agent 6-X, is posted to Paris to find her—with the help of a beautiful colleague prepared to give her life for her country by day, and her personal favors by night.
Book Synopsis "Daddy's Gone to War" by : William M. Tuttle Jr.
Download or read book "Daddy's Gone to War" written by William M. Tuttle Jr. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1993-09-16 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking out a second-story window of her family's quarters at the Pearl Harbor naval base on December 7, 1941, eleven-year-old Jackie Smith could see not only the Rising Sun insignias on the wings of attacking Japanese bombers, but the faces of the pilots inside. Most American children on the home front during the Second World War saw the enemy only in newsreels and the pages of Life Magazine, but from Pearl Harbor on, "the war"--with its blackouts, air raids, and government rationing--became a dramatic presence in all of their lives. Thirty million Americans relocated, 3,700,000 homemakers entered the labor force, sparking a national debate over working mothers and latchkey children, and millions of enlisted fathers and older brothers suddenly disappeared overseas or to far-off army bases. By the end of the war, 180,000 American children had lost their fathers. In "Daddy's Gone to War", William M. Tuttle, Jr., offers a fascinating and often poignant exploration of wartime America, and one of generation's odyssey from childhood to middle age. The voices of the home front children are vividly present in excerpts from the 2,500 letters Tuttle solicited from men and women across the country who are now in their fifties and sixties. From scrap-collection drives and Saturday matinees to the atomic bomb and V-J Day, here is the Second World War through the eyes of America's children. Women relive the frustration of always having to play nurses in neighborhood war games, and men remember being both afraid and eager to grow up and go to war themselves. (Not all were willing to wait. Tuttle tells of one twelve year old boy who strode into an Arizona recruiting office and declared, "I don't need my mother's consent...I'm a midget.") Former home front children recall as though it were yesterday the pain of saying good-bye, perhaps forever, to an enlisting father posted overseas and the sometimes equally unsettling experience of a long-absent father's return. A pioneering effort to reinvent the way we look at history and childhood, "Daddy's Gone to War" views the experiences of ordinary children through the lens of developmental psychology. Tuttle argues that the Second World War left an indelible imprint on the dreams and nightmares of an American generation, not only in childhood, but in adulthood as well. Drawing on his wide-ranging research, he makes the case that America's wartime belief in democracy and its rightful leadership of the Free World, as well as its assumptions about marriage and the family and the need to get ahead, remained largely unchallenged until the tumultuous years of the Kennedy assassination, Vietnam and Watergate. As the hopes and expectations of the home front children changed, so did their country's. In telling the story of a generation, Tuttle provides a vital missing piece of American cultural history.
Book Synopsis The Gaylord WACS by : Harriet Green Robinson
Download or read book The Gaylord WACS written by Harriet Green Robinson and published by Harriet Green Robinson. This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
