| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 324 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
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Texas A & M University military history series ; no. 98 |
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Texas A & M University military history series ; 98
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| Contents |
The past is prologue -- Drafted at eighteen -- Back to college as a soldier -- Basic training -- Troopship life in a U-boat zone -- Awaiting combat in Europe -- Waging war against the French -- Paris : glamour city, GI town -- Germany : occupation army, war crimes tribunal -- Attending classes as a diplomatic pawn -- Returning home -- Map : Sergeant Obermayer's locations in Europe |
| Summary |
"From school, from basic training, and later from Europe, Obermayer wrote home with vivid descriptions of life in the Army. Reflective and observant, he recorded his views of both the French and German reactions to the American occupation force, race relations among enlisted men, and the problems of supplying the troops as they crossed Europe after the Normandy invasion." |
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"One of the few people alive today to have seen Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, and other leaders of Third Reich, Obermayer wrote compellingly about the Nazis on trial at Nuremberg, describing Goering's leadership qualities when stripped of the symbols of rank. A Jew himself, Obermayer explained his reactions at the trials when he witnessed the first documentary confirmation that six million Jews had been killed in the Holocaust. He knew and wrote about the official U.S. Army hangman at Nuremberg."--Jacket |
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Includes index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Obermayer, Herman J. -- Correspondence
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Obermayer, Leon -- Correspondence
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Obermayer, Julia -- Correspondence
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| SUBJECT |
Obermayer, Herman J. fast |
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Obermayer, Julia fast |
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Obermayer, Leon fast |
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United States. Army. Combat Engineer Battalion, 1291st.
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Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.)
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Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.) fast |
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United States. Army. Combat Engineer Battalion, 1291st fast |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Western Front
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Military engineers -- United States -- Correspondence
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Military engineers
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Regimental histories
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Elitetruppe
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Trainingsprogramm
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Weltkrieg 1939-1945
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United States
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USA
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personal correspondence.
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letters (correspondence)
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Personal narratives
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Autobiographies
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Personal narratives
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Personal correspondence
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Autobiographies.
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Personal correspondence.
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Personal narratives.
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Autobiographies.
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Correspondance privée.
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Récits personnels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781603446013 |
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160344601X |
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