Grandpa's War : The French Adventures of a World War I Ambulance Driver
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Grandpa's War: The French Adventures of a World War I Ambulance Driver (1918)
EN USISBN: 0863160980 bzw. 9780863160981, in Englisch, Writers & Readers, gebraucht.
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biographies,history,leaders and notable people,military,world, Greeman was an undergraduate at New York University when he volunteered for service in the American Expeditionary Force. Since the one thing America had that the Allies lacked was young men who could drive, the first 3000 troops sent to Europe were ambulance drivers. Teddy was one of these, and from July 1917 through the Armistice of 1918, he and the other men of SSU 592 drove their rigs through the climactic battles ot the Great War. most notably the Second Battle of the Marne. Not only did Greeman serve until the end of the war, but he lived to serve his country again in a second World War and eventually found himself marching down Fifth Avenue with the Vietnam Veterans Against War in order to prevent a third one. Today at the age of 93, he has written his stories. A natural storyteller, his testimony vividly brings a lost world back to life with humor, verve, and irony. Rich in history Grandpa's War is above all a wise and charming tale told by an amazing old man.
biographies,history,leaders and notable people,military,world, Greeman was an undergraduate at New York University when he volunteered for service in the American Expeditionary Force. Since the one thing America had that the Allies lacked was young men who could drive, the first 3000 troops sent to Europe were ambulance drivers. Teddy was one of these, and from July 1917 through the Armistice of 1918, he and the other men of SSU 592 drove their rigs through the climactic battles ot the Great War. most notably the Second Battle of the Marne. Not only did Greeman serve until the end of the war, but he lived to serve his country again in a second World War and eventually found himself marching down Fifth Avenue with the Vietnam Veterans Against War in order to prevent a third one. Today at the age of 93, he has written his stories. A natural storyteller, his testimony vividly brings a lost world back to life with humor, verve, and irony. Rich in history Grandpa's War is above all a wise and charming tale told by an amazing old man.
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Grandpa's War : The French Adventures of a World War I Ambulance Driver
ENISBN: 9780863160981 bzw. 0863160980, in Englisch, Writers and Readers Publishing.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
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