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Dangerous Assignment: An Artillery Forward Observer in World War II (Stackpole Military History Series) - Softcover

Hanford, William B.

 
9780811734851: Dangerous Assignment: An Artillery Forward Observer in World War II (Stackpole Military History Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0811734854 ISBN 13: 9780811734851
Verlag: Stackpole Books, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

  • Rare memoir of a risky job performed by relatively few troops
  • Honest and observant narrative describes the good, bad, and ugly of the war
  • Covers World War II's closing months in eastern France and Germany
    Cpl. Bill Hanford had one of the U.S. Army's most dangerous jobs in World War II: artillery forward observer (FO). Tasked with calling in heavy fire on the enemy, FOs accompanied infantrymen into combat, crawled into no-man's-land, and ascended observation posts like hills and ridges to find their targets. But beyond the usual perils of ground combat, FOs were specially targeted by the enemy because of their crucial role in directing artillery fire. Hanford spent much of his time fighting in the Vosges Mountains in eastern France and then in Germany in late 1944 and early 1945.

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    Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

    William B. Hanford served as a forward observer in World War II with the U.S. 103rd Infantry Division of the Seventh Army. A retired teacher, he lives in Howell, Michigan.

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    Verlag
    Stackpole Books
    Erscheinungsdatum
    2008
    Sprache
    Englisch
    ISBN 10 
    0811734854
    ISBN 13 
    9780811734851
    Einband
    Taschenbuch
    Anzahl der Seiten
    272
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