GI Jive: An Army Bandsman in World War II - Hardcover

Mathias, Frank F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813114624 ISBN 13: 9780813114620

Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky, 2000

Synopsis

Frank Mathias was a Kentucky teenager when war swept him halfway around the world. He took part in the huge invasion force in the Battle of Manila, the deadliest single battle of the Pacific War. As a saxophonist and a machine gunner attached to the 37th infantry Division, Mathias saw World War II from the bottom of the heap, where young privates lived and died.

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Review:

"Tells how things really were in those days." - Army "Mathias has recaptured what it was like to make war in the 40s - a Gl's frank fear, his innocence and naivete, his uncertainties and ignorance, his excitements,... and his ultimate sense of growth and achievement." - Journal of Philippine Studies"

About the Author:

Frank F. Mathias, professor emeritus of history at the University of Dayton, tells of growing up in smalltown America in his best-selling book The Gl Generation.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0813114624
• ISBN 13: 9780813114620
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256