LEADER 03312cam a2200601 a 4500001 273822 005 20240621233946.0 008 191029s2003 ctua b 001 0ceng 010 2003015616 019 58471774 020 1592280676 |q(alkaline paper) 020 9781592280674 |q(alkaline paper) 020 1592285481 020 9781592285488 035 (OCoLC)ocm52644387 035 273822 037 1218380 |bQBI 043 n-us--- 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dIG# |dQBX |dBAKER |dBTCTA |dYDXCP |dSMP |dTBL |dGEBAY |dIHI |dOCLCF |dTDS |dOCLCQ |dWHCCD |dOCL |dGILDS |dJDP |dOCLCO |dOCL |dTFW |dCSA |dOCL |dOCLCO |dOCLCA |dOCL |dLHM 050 00 D810.A79 |bB56 2003 100 1 Bloomfield, Gary L. 245 10 Duty, honor, victory : |bAmerica's athletes in World War II / |cGary L. Bloomfield. 264 1 Guilford, Conn. : |bLyons Press, |c[2003] 264 4 |c©2003 300 394 pages : |billustrations ; |c27 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-382) and index. 505 0 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. 520 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. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 611 27 World War (1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 650 0 Athletes |zUnited States |vBiography. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vBiography. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xSocial aspects. 651 0 United States |xArmed Forces |xSports. 650 7 Social aspects. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01354981 650 7 Armed Forces |xSports. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01351901 650 7 Athletes. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00820027 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 Leistungssportler. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4074133-3 650 7 Weltkrieg |g1939-1945. |2gnd |0(DE-588)4079167-1 651 7 USA. |2swd 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 4 Biography. 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 856 42 |3Table of contents |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip046/2003015616.html 856 42 |3Contributor biographical information |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/globe051/2003015616.html 856 42 |3Publisher description |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/globe041/2003015616.html 852 0 |bstacks |hD810.A79 |iB56 2003