Leon Standifer (58 results)

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Growing up in a small college town in central Mississippi in the 1930s, Leon C. Standifer knew little of the trauma of war. But by the time he was nineteen, World War I had made war a reality for him. Standifer volunteered for and was accepted by a special army program that would send him to college for technical training; he sometimes hoped and some-times feared that the war would end before the training did. Events turned out quite otherwise. A serious shortage of trained riflemen needed for the invasion of Normandy meant that Standifer and more than one hundred thousand other young men were taken from the program and sent into battle as combat infantrymen. Not in Vain: A Rifleman Remembers World War I looks at American involvement in the war from the firsthand perspective of this nineteen-year-old soldier. As an infantryman in France and Germany during the latter part of the war, Standifer experienced the numbing boredom of daily routine and the adrenaline-pumping excitement of combat. He re-calls the anguish of losing friends in battle and the decisive moment when he slit the throat of an enemy soldier, memories that haunt him still. But Not in Vain is far more than a conventional soldier's memoir. Although he recounts in vivid detail his personal experiences, Standifer also makes a far broader inquiry into the forces that turned a sheltered young man from a religious, small-town back-ground into an effective soldier. Growing up in the Baptist church, Standifer thought he had learned the differences between good and evil, right and wrong. But after his days in battle, moral distinctions were no longer as clear. Not in Vain documents Standifer's lifelong debate with himself over the justification for war by considering not only his reactions during combat but also the feelings that have remained with him for life. He describes these intense emotions in his account of a trip taken to Europe many years after the war and of his recent reunion with some of the former members of his rifle company. Written in an effort to come to terms with his involvement in the war, Not in Vain is a probing and timely study of a citizen's dedication to his country.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Growing up in a small college town in central Mississippi in the 1930s, Leon C. Standifer knew little of the trauma of war. But by the time he was nineteen, World War I had made war a reality for him. Standifer volunteered for and was accepted by a special army program that would send him to college for technical training; he sometimes hoped and some-times feared that the war would end before the training did. Events turned out quite otherwise. A serious shortage of trained riflemen needed for the invasion of Normandy meant that Standifer and more than one hundred thousand other young men were taken from the program and sent into battle as combat infantrymen. Not in Vain: A Rifleman Remembers World War I looks at American involvement in the war from the firsthand perspective of this nineteen-year-old soldier. As an infantryman in France and Germany during the latter part of the war, Standifer experienced the numbing boredom of daily routine and the adrenaline-pumping excitement of combat. He re-calls the anguish of losing friends in battle and the decisive moment when he slit the throat of an enemy soldier, memories that haunt him still. But Not in Vain is far more than a conventional soldier's memoir. Although he recounts in vivid detail his personal experiences, Standifer also makes a far broader inquiry into the forces that turned a sheltered young man from a religious, small-town back-ground into an effective soldier. Growing up in the Baptist church, Standifer thought he had learned the differences between good and evil, right and wrong. But after his days in battle, moral distinctions were no longer as clear. Not in Vain documents Standifer's lifelong debate with himself over the justification for war by considering not only his reactions during combat but also the feelings that have remained with him for life. He describes these intense emotions in his account of a trip taken to Europe many years after the war and of his recent reunion with some of the former members of his rifle company. Written in an effort to come to terms with his involvement in the war, Not in Vain is a probing and timely study of a citizen's dedication to his country.…

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Soft Cover. Condition: VG to Fine. World War II.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Tan cloth, lettered in black. Mild foxing along text block edges, short gift inscription inked on upper front flyleaf, otherwise as issued. Pictorial dust jacket shows minor surface wear, price-clipped front flap. xv,273 pp. 1st ptg. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. STATED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING WITH COMPLETE NUMBER LINE STARTING WITH NUMBER 1. HARDCOVER EDITION WITH DUSTJACKET .binding is solid.text has NO writing.NOT EX-LIBRARY COPY.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. Very slight slant to spine, Illustrated with photos. Photographic endpapers. 8vo. 273 pp. Including notes. In protective Mylar. …

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. "Not in Vain" looks at American involvement in World War II from the firsthand perspective of a nineteen-year-old soldier. As an infantryman in France and Germany, Standifer experienced the numbing boredom of daily routine and the adrenaline-pumping excitement of combat. He recalls the anquish of losing friends in battle and the decisive moment when he slit the throat of an enemy soldier. Memories that haunt him still. Photographs are included. This copy is clean and solid.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A 273 page, 17 chapter work. Signed by a Army B-29 Pilot in the Pacific Theater in 'World War II, Norris retired from the Air Force in 1985 as a Lt. Colonel. He received a Law degree from LSU in 1950. On the half title page the inscription reads as follows: " July 12, 1997/To Lee Estes/ Pascal Norris/Enjoy!/". Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality cover. Dust jacket has been price-clipped. Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1992), 273pp, illus., illus. eps, 1st ed., 1st printing, light rubbing & edgewear to dj, contents clean.

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition stated 1998, first printing. Published by LOUISIANA ST UNIV Press. Trade softcover without DJ as issued. Condition new, square tight and clean book, spine not creased, no edgewear, corners not bumped, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. 8vo, 296 pages.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Growing up in a small college town in central Mississippi in the 1930s, Leon C. Standifer knew little of the trauma of war. But by the time he was nineteen, World War II had made war a reality for him. Standifer volunteered for and was accepted by a special army program that would send him to college for technical training; he sometimes hoped and some-times feared that the war would end before the training did. Events turned out quite otherwise. A serious shortage of trained riflemen needed for the invasion of Normandy meant that Standifer and more than one hundred thousand other young men were taken from the program and sent into battle as combat infantrymen. Not in Vain: A Rifleman Remembers World War II looks at American involvement in the war from the firsthand perspective of this nineteen-year-old soldier. As an infantryman in France and Germany during the latter part of the war, Standifer experienced the numbing boredom of daily routine and the adrenaline-pumping excitement of combat. He re-calls the anguish of losing friends in battle and the decisive moment when he slit the throat of an enemy soldier, memories that haunt him still. But Not in Vain is far more than a conventional soldier's memoir. Although he recounts in vivid detail his personal experiences, Standifer also makes a far broader inquiry into the forces that turned a sheltered young man from a religious, small-town back-ground into an effective soldier. Growing up in the Baptist church, Standifer thought he had learned the differences between good and evil, right and wrong. But after his days in battle, moral distinctions were no longer as clear.Not in Vain documents Standifer's lifelong debate with himself over the justification for war by considering not only his reactions during combat but also the feelings that have remained with him for life. He describes these intense emotions in his account of a trip taken to Europe many years after the war and of his recent reunion with some of the former members of his rifle company. Written in an effort to come to terms with his involvement in the war, Not in Vain is a probing and timely study of a citizen's dedication to his country. This memoir of the author's combat experiences in World War II during 1944 and 1945, illustrates the paradox of war - long periods of boredom interspersed with spasms of fear and death. It also analyzes why men fight, providing an understanding of how units and soldiers function in peace and war. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. nice copy.