GI jive : an army bandsman in World War II

GI jive : an army bandsman in World War II /

""Frank Mathias was a teenager in a small town when the draft swept him into the army and then halfway around the world to the jungles of the South Pacific. He served in the huge invasion force in the Battle of Manila, the deadliest single battle of the Pacific War. As an army musician att...

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Main Author: Mathias, Frank Furlong
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1982
Subjects:
Mathias, Frank Furlong.
United States. > Army. > Infantry Division, 37th > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
Band musicians > United States > Biography.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The sax section
  • ASTPeewee
  • Mail call
  • Sharps and flats
  • Halfway around the world
  • The lizard's tail
  • The buckeye division
  • A thousand ships
  • Down the central plains
  • The Battle of Manila
  • After the battle
  • Baguio and Balete Pass
  • Cagayan Valley Blitzkrieg
  • Atomic malaria
  • Sentimental journey.

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