Combat reporter : Don Whitehead's World War II diary and memoirs /
John Romeiser has woven both the North African diary and Whitehead's memoir of the subsequent landings in Sicily into a vivid, unvarnished, and completely riveting story of eight months during some of the most brutal combat of the war. Here, Whitehead captures the fierce fighting in the African...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2006
New York : 2006 |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension
World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension |
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Table of Contents:
- From Manhattan to Cairo, September-October 1942
- Cairo journal, October-November 1942
- In pursuit of Rommel (Libya), November 1942-February 1943
- Victory in Tunisia, March-April 1943
- Sicily, July-August 1943
- Afterword : Command Sergeant Major Ben Franklin
- Part 1 From Manhattan to Cairo, September-October 1942 9
- Part 2 Cairo Journal, October-November 1942 29
- Part 3 In Pursuit of Rommel (Libya), November 1942-February 1943 57
- Part 4 Victory in Tunisia, March-April 1943 123
- Part 5 Sicily, July-August 1943 151
- Afterword: Command Sergeant Major Ben Franklin 207