Name: On the Road to Innsbruck and Back: A 103Rd Division Infantryman’S World war 2 Memoir (in English)
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Author: William B. Bache
ISBN: 9781716620072

portada On the Road to Innsbruck and Back: A 103Rd Division Infantryman’S World war 2 Memoir (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Lulu.Com

Author

William B. Bache

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

176

ISBN13

9781716620072

Synopsis "On the Road to Innsbruck and Back: A 103Rd Division Infantryman’S World war 2 Memoir (in English)"

"On the Road to Innsbruck and Back" is a product of the authorâ€™s long obsession with serving in Europe during World War II as a member of the 103rd Infantry Division. Too often he... Leer más"On the Road to Innsbruck and Back" is a product of the authorâ€™s long obsession with serving in Europe during World War II as a member of the 103rd Infantry Division. Too often he was given a responsibility that he neither deserved nor desired. But then he was in an Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon, at the service of a regimental headquarters. The chief model for On the Road is Stephen Craneâ€™s The Red Badge of Courage, the best short novel about war that he knows. Like Crane, he wanted, above all, to demonstrate the moral cost of some months in combat upon a not-insensitive young man. Contents: Dedication | Acknowledgments | Preface | Poem: "Dog Tags" | Chapter 1: Living with Violence: The Making of an American Soldier | Chapter 2: Losing It | Chapter 3: Under Fire | Chapter 4: Dogfaces and Dogrobbers | Chapter 5: Collaborating | Chapter 6: Undercover | Chapter 7: Delivering the Goods | Chapter 8: The Hero Syndrome | Chapter 9: Gathering Intelligence | Chapter 10: Off Limits and Out of Control | Chapter 11: Winding Down | Chapter 12: On the Road to Innsbruck and Back | Chapter 13: On the Way Back | Chapter 14: Double Solitaire on the Home Front | Chapter 15: Crime and Punishment | Chapter 16: Period of Adjustment. Published by Merriam Press.