Joseph Shomon: Crosses In The Wind

Cover: 9781088132296 | Crosses In The Wind | Joseph Shomon | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2023

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Crosses in the Wind, first published in 1947, is the first-hand account by the commander of the 611th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company during the Second World War in Europe. In an under-reported but vital part of the war effort, the Graves Registration Service was responsible for the massive task of collecting fallen soldiers, identifying remains, preparing bodies for internment, forwarding personal effects to families, and establishing military cemeteries across Europe. In addition to providing an overview of the major European battles, the book focuses on the activities of author Major Joseph Shomon, from the formation of his company at Fort Francis E. Warren in Wyoming, followed by the unit's transfer to England where they began processing D-day casualties, and then continuing eastward across Europe with the advancing U.S. armies. The book closes with the Company in southern France awaiting deployment to the Pacific theater, but after the atomic bomb drops on Japan and the subsequent ending of the war, the unit is broken up, with some troops returning to Germany and others to the U.S. Includes 30 pages of photographs and maps.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781088132296
ISBN-10:	1088132294
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Shomon, Joseph
Hersteller:	Orchard Innovations
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Joseph Shomon
Erscheinungsdatum:	10.05.2023
Gewicht:	0,269 kg