Overview
- Summary
- This book tells the stories of athletes who served on the battlefields of World War II; including men such as football's Chuck Bednarik flying bombing missions over Germany, baseball's Bob Feller commanding an anti-aircraft gun crew on the USS Alabama, Yogi Berra on a rocket boat in Normandy, black athletes with the Tuskegge Airmen, and the winter Olympic athletes of the famed 10th Mountain Division, and many others.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2003]
©2003 - Locale
- United States
USA - Contents
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1. Prelude to war in Europe and the Pacific
2. Japan's legacy: "a day that will live in infamy"
3. Thousands volunteer for some big-time payback
4. The war at home
5. Lands down under become Pacific staging areas
6. Top athletes in every sport join the military
7. Confused beyond imagination: the China-Burma-India campaign
8. Nazi Wolf Packs terrorize the Atlantic
9. GIs get first test in North Africa
10. Pursuit in the Pacific
11. Slugging it out in the Solomons. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-382) and index.
1. Prelude to war in Europe and the Pacific -- 2. Japan's legacy: "a day that will live in infamy" -- 3. Thousands volunteer for some big-time payback -- 4. The war at home -- 5. Lands down under become Pacific staging areas -- 6. Top athletes in every sport join the military -- 7. Confused beyond imagination: the China-Burma-India campaign -- 8. Nazi Wolf Packs terrorize the Atlantic -- 9. GIs get first test in North Africa -- 10. Pursuit in the Pacific -- 11. Slugging it out in the Solomons.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 1592280676
9781592280674
1592285481
9781592285488 - Physical Description
- 394 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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