Junius And Katherine More Letters From Wwii From The Field To The Battlefront

These fond letters between Junius and Katherine Harris represent the beginnings of a long and loving relationship. Their separation during WWII set the stage for their almost daily letter writing chronicles of their activities. Junius was forced to deal with Army bureaucracy while Katherine struggled to grow their small Insurance Agency and report to Junius all the family news. Junius moved from training maneuvers in Tennessee, across the Atlantic to England, then the battlefront in France, Belgium, and Germany. Junius was assigned to the nimble 965th Field Artillery Unit that was often called to support Infantry movement near the front lines. As a clerk for his outfit, he recorded company personnel actions while dealing with cramped, if any, quarters. He was nonetheless expected to stand guard duty and maintain all his own equipment. His service extended through the famous Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1945.

Actual letters from a young Florida man who experienced the woes and wows of Army life at the onset of WWII. Junius Harris includes descriptions of his jobs before the Army including working on the 1940 census in the Belle Glade area driving a milk route, and working in a grocery store. Letters include stories about his trips to St. Petersburg and adventures in Leesburg. Letters from Katherine Taylor, his fiancé include her tales of the shortages experienced by those at home during the war and how she managed a business for her husband in the small town of Belle Glade.

An illustrated history of one of the US Navy's earliest aircraft carriers

George C. Marshall was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II, Marshall served as the United States Army Chief of Staff during the war and as the chief military adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As Secretary of State, his name was given to the Marshall Plan, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. He drafted this manuscript while he was in Washington, D.C., between 1919 and 1924 as aide-de-camp to General of the Armies John J. Pershing. However, given the growing bitterness of the "memoirs wars" of the period he decided against publication, and the draft sat unused until the 1970s when Marshall's step-daughter and her husband decided to publish it.

“No man in this war has so well told the story of the American fighting man as American fighting men wanted it told,” wrote Harry Truman. “He deserves the gratitude of all his countrymen.” THIS is the final book of Ernie Pyle’s war reporting. After Africa, Italy, and D-Day on the European continent, Pyle took it the hard way again. There was still the Pacific war to win, and where the fighting was Ernie had to go, soul-sick though he was with the thousands of scenes of death and destruction he had already witnessed. He was attached to the Navy early in 1945. In the Marianas first and then living with the boys who flew the B-29s over the Japanese homeland, Pyle was experiencing a side of the war that was new to him. Next he joined an aircraft carrier on the invasion of Okinawa. He made the landing with the Marines and saw Okinawa secured. Then his luck ran out. A Japanese bullet killed Ernie Pyle on April 17th, 1945 on Ie Shima, and Americans lost their greatest and best-loved correspondent. Millions mourned the going of this modest man who wrote of the war with all honesty and no pretensions, and whose writings will stand as one of the most vital records of the struggle. LAST CHAPTER is a brief, brave little book to complete that record permanently. There is a sixteen-page picture section and an index of names and places.

Written during the second half of the 12th century, the Historia Norwegie presents a lively and Christianised account of Norwegian history, particularly of the 10th century.