Fighting Fascism in Europe : : The World War II Letters of an American Veteran of the Spanish Civil War /

Fighting Fascism in Europe : : The World War II Letters of an American Veteran of the Spanish Civil War / / Lawrence Cane.

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On his first day in basic training in 1942, Lawrence Cane wrote his wife Grace from Fort Dix, New Jersey. "I'm in the army now?really!" he wrote, complaining, "I don't have enough time to write a decent letter." Three years later, Capt. Lawrence Cane went home from Worl...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
VerfasserIn:
Cane, Lawrence,
MitwirkendeR:
Cane, David,
Litoff, Judy Barrett,
Smith, David C.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]
©2003
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension
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Physical Description:1 online resource (268 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION: LAWRENCE CANE’S FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM
  • REMEMBERING LAWRENCE CANE
  • NOTE ON EDITORIAL PRACTICES
  • 1 Basic Training: Geiger Field, Spokane, Washington August 28–November 8, 1942
  • 2 Officer Candidate School and Military Intelligence Training: Fort Belvoir, Virginia and Camp Ritchie, Maryland November 9, 1942–July 31, 1943
  • 3 Preparing for the D-Day Invasion: England January 25–June 5, 1944
  • 4 The D-Day Invasion and Beyond: Fighting in France and Belgium June 6–September 14, 1944
  • 5 The Siegfried Line and the Battle of the Bulge: Fighting in Germany and Belgium September 15, 1944–January 26, 1945
  • 6 The End of the Third Reich: Belgium, Germany, and France January 27–May 8, 1945
  • 7 Waiting to Come Home May 9–October 29, 1945
  • Appendixes
  • APPENDIX A History of The Ticker
  • APPENDIX B Lawrence Cane’s Request for Reassignment to Combat or Airborne Engineer Battalion
  • APPENDIX C Diary of Lt. George A. Worth
  • APPENDIX D Lawrence Cane’s Silver Star Citation
  • APPENDIX E Silver Star Affidavit
  • APPENDIX F History of the 238th Engineer Combat Battalion
  • APPENDIX G Selected After/After Action Reports
  • APPENDIX H 1972 WBAI Radio Interview with Lawrence Cane
  • FOR FURTHER READING
  • INDEX

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