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Fighting Fascism in Europe : The World War II Letters of an American Veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
Title:
Fighting Fascism in Europe : The World War II Letters of an American Veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
Author:
Cane, Lawrence.
ISBN:
9780823247837
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (324 pages)
Series:
World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension
Contents:
Fighting Fascism in Europe -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: LAWRENCE CANE'S FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM Judy Barrett Litoff and David C. Smith -- REMEMBERING LAWRENCE CANE David Cane -- NOTE ON EDITORIAL PRACTICES -- 1 Basic Training: Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington August 28-November 8, 1942 -- 2 Officer Candidate School and Military Intelligence Training: Fort Belvoir, Virginia and Camp Ritchie, Maryland November 9, 1942-July 31, 1943 -- 3 Preparing for the D-Day Invasion: England January 25-June 5, 1944 -- 4 The D-Day Invasion and Beyond: Fighting in France and Belgium June 6-September 14, 1944 -- 5 The Siegfried Line and the Battle of the Bulge: Fighting in Germany and Belgium September 15, 1944-January 26, 1945 -- 6 The End of the Third Reich: Belgium, Germany, and France January 27-May 8, 1945 -- 7 Waiting to Come Home May 9-October 29, 1945 -- APPENDIX A History of The Ticker -- APPENDIX B Lawrence Cane's Request for Reassignment to Combat or Airborne Engineer Battalion -- APPENDIX C Diary of Lt. George A. Worth -- APPENDIX D Lawrence Cane's Silver Star Citation -- APPENDIX E Silver Star Affidavit -- APPENDIX F History of the 238th Engineer Combat Battalion -- APPENDIX G Selected After/After Action Reports -- APPENDIX H 1972 WBAI Radio Interview with Lawrence Cane -- FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX.
Abstract:
A marvelous story... will be consulted as long as World War II and the Spanish Civil War are studied... Cane is a very good writer. Frank F. Mathias, author of The GI Generation: A Memoir.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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