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Royal Air Force in Texas
Training British Pilots in Terrell During World War II
Häftad, 2010
225 kr
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With the outbreak of World War II, British Royal Air Force (RAF) officials sought to train aircrews outside of England, safe from enemy attack and poor weather. In the United States six civilian flight schools dedicated themselves to instructing RAF pilots; the first, No. 1 British Flying Training …
Spartan Band
Burnett's 13th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War
Av Thomas Reid
Häftad, 2010
225 kr
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In ‘Spartan Band’ (coined from a chaplain’s eulogistic poem) author Thomas Reid traces the Civil War history of the 13th Texas Cavalry, a unit drawn from eleven counties in East Texas. The cavalry regiment organised in the spring of 1862 but was ordered to dismount once in Arkansas. The regiment …
Seventh Star of the Confederacy
Texas During the Civil War
Häftad, 2011
209 kr
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Presents research on how Texans experienced Civil war. This book takes you from the battlefront to the home front, ranging from inside the walls of a Confederate prison to inside the homes of women and children left to fend for themselves while their husbands and fathers were away on distant …
From the Halls of the Montezumas
Mexican War Dispatches from James L. Freaner, Writing Under the Pen Name "Mustang
Av Alan D. Gaff, Donald H. Gaff
Inbunden, 2019
468 kr
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James L. Freaner is one of the most important unknown Americans in our nation's history. Freaner gained fame throughout the country during the Mexican War while covering General Winfield Scott's campaign. As one of America's first war correspondents, Freaner's letters appeared in newspapers under …
Dallas Story
The North American Aviation Plant and Industrial Mobilization During World War II
Inbunden, 2023
468 kr
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During World War II the United States mobilized its industrial assets to become the great “Arsenal of Democracy” through the cooperation of the government and private firms. The Dallas Story examines a specific aviation factory, operated by the North American Aviation (NAA) company in Dallas, …
Bastion by the Bay Volume 17
The Presidio of San Francisco, from Outpost of Empire to Magnificent Park
Inbunden, 2026
410 kr
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Since ancient times societies have employed outposts to secure new frontiers. The Presidio of San Francisco, founded in 1776, offers a classic case study of this phenomenon. Under the flags of Spain, Mexico, and the United States, this bastion by the bay stood guard over a major port that evolved …
Crossing the Pond
The Native American Effort in World War II
Inbunden, 1999
353 kr
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This study utilizes oral history narratives and interviews, along with documents, to describe the process of being transferred overseas for military duty.
Foo, a Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun
The Secret Prison Diary of Frank ""Foo"" Fujita
Av Frank Fujita
Häftad, 2001
230 kr
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This work chronicles the internment of the only Japanese American combat soldier captured during the Pacific campaign of World War II. Frank ""Foo"" Fujita, a Texan who served with the ""Lost Battalion"" of the 36th Infantry Division, recounts his experience in this diary.
Seventh Star of the Confederacy
Texas During the Civil War
Inbunden, 2009
410 kr
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On February 1, 1861, delegates at the Texas Secession Convention elected to leave the Union. The people of Texas supported the actions of the convention in a statewide referendum, paving the way for the state to secede and to officially become the seventh state in the Confederacy. Soon the Texans …
They Called Them Soldier Boys
A Texas Infantry Regiment in World War I
Inbunden, 2013
353 kr
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They Called Them Soldier Boys offers an in-depth study of soldiers of the Texas National Guard’s Seventh Texas Infantry Regiment in World War I, through their recruitment, training, journey to France, combat, and their return home. Gregory W. Ball focuses on the fourteen counties in North, …
Civil War General and Indian Fighter James M. Williams
Leader of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry and the 8th U.S. Cavalry
Inbunden, 2013
287 kr
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The military career of General James Monroe Williams spanned both the Civil War and the Indian Wars in the West, yet no biography has been published to date on his important accomplishments, until now. From his birth on the northern frontier, westward movement in the Great Migration, rush into the …
Military History of Texas Volume 15
Av Loyd Uglow
Inbunden, 2022
410 kr
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Comprehensive in scope, A Military History of Texas provides the first single-volume military history of Texas from pre-Columbian clashes between Native American tribes to the establishment of the United States Space Force as the newest branch of the nation’s military in the twenty-first century. …
