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Bullets, Bandages and Beans

United States Army Logistics in France in World War I

By: Alexander F. Barnes,Peter L. Belmonte

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Bullets, Bandages and Beans

United States Army Logistics in France in World War I

By: Alexander F. Barnes,Peter L. Belmonte

By October 1918, the U.S. had more than a million men fighting in the Meuse-Argonne campaign. The American Expeditionary Forces' logistics army, the Services of Supply (SOS), provided critical support to the combat forces. An enormous array of maintenance, medical, motor transport, railroad, quartermaster and engineer units served in this role--as well as British women from Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, African American labor and pioneer regiments, a U.S. Marine brigade led by a legendary officer, volunteers from the Salvation Army, Chinese laborers and even German prisoners of war.. The SOS kept American soldiers at the front supplied with "bullets, bandages and beans" while repairing weapons, producing vast quantities of lumber, buying horses from Spain, operating a massive railroad network, caring for the sick and wounded, fighting fires on troopships, driving trucks under enemy fire and administering a notorious prison. This book gives a full account of perhaps the most overlooked yet crucial military effort of World War I.

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237

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McFarland

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ISBN 10

1476650306

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9781476650302

United States Army Depot Brigades in World War I

By: Alexander F. Barnes,Peter L. Belmonte

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United States Army Depot Brigades in World War I

By: Alexander F. Barnes,Peter L. Belmonte

Much has been written about the exploits of the American Expeditionary Forces, the men and women sent overseas to fight during World War I, but much less is known about the two million who served in the Army without ever setting foot on foreign soil. This book examines the history of depot brigades, development battalions, U.S. Guards units, Students' Army Training Corps, and other "forgotten" troops charged with training soldiers, guarding installations, and performing myriad other duties. It also chronicles the service of men like actor Jimmy Cagney, author F. Scott Fitzgerald, movie director Frank Capra, children's author Ludwig Bemelmans, and the two million others who served in the United States during the war. At the time, many of these men considered themselves unfortunate cast-offs, doomed to spend the war safe at home while their friends served in combat overseas. But, in the end, it was largely because of them that America could field an effective fighting force.

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274

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McFarland

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1476643768

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9781476643762

Italian Americans in World War II

By: Peter L. Belmonte

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Italian Americans in World War II

By: Peter L. Belmonte

Discover the first-hand accounts and stories of Italian World War II Veterans who answered the call to serve their country, despite being deemed Enemy Aliens by their own government. At the beginning of World War II, Italian citizens living in the United States were referred to as Enemy Aliens. Yet hundreds of young Italian Americans flocked to recruiting stations, and over 500,000-perhaps as many as 1.5 million-served in the military during the war. Despite the difficulties they faced, including the possibility of having to fight against Italians, countless Italian Americans received decorations for bravery, fourteen of whom received the Medal of Honor. Italian Americans in World War II offers their stories, which, for the most part, have yet to be told. Belmonte interviewed almost 50 Italian-American veterans of World War II, from all branches and types of service. Stories of daily life, food, equipment, and training from soldiers, sailors, and airmen are captured. You'll read personal tales about how survivors of D-Day, Iwo Jima, Tarawa, Okinawa, and The Battle of the Bulge felt about entering combat. This fitting tribute also includes photographs from this period in history, bringing the men's stories to life.

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120

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Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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0738519073

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9780738519074

Chicago-Area Italians in World War I

A Case Study of Calabrians

By: Peter L. Belmonte

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Chicago-Area Italians in World War I

A Case Study of Calabrians

By: Peter L. Belmonte

Thousands of immigrants from the southern Italian region of Calabria came to the Chicago-area in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. As many as 8,000 of them served in the U.S. military during World War I, and until now no effort has been made to document their story. Historian Peter L. Belmonte has been researching these men using military, immigration, naturalization, census, family, and other records for more than twenty years. This book recounts the military history of more than 380 men from the province of Cosenza, Calabria. Their history highlights the role of the U.S. military in World War I; they served in every type of unit, from stateside camps to the trenches of France and even to the frozen wasteland of Siberia. Some of them earned medals for bravery. Many of the men suffered life-changing wounds, and some made the supreme sacrifice. Long without a voice in historical works, their story is finally told here.

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208

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America Through Time

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1634991761

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9781634991766

Calabrian-Americans in the Us Military During World War I, Volume 4

Selected Photographs

By: Peter L. Belmonte

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Calabrian-Americans in the Us Military During World War I, Volume 4

Selected Photographs

By: Peter L. Belmonte

Thousands of Calabrian immigrants served in the United States military during World War I, but their story has not yet been told. Historian Peter L. Belmonte has undertaken that task. This book shows over 70 Calabrian-American soldiers in uniform during the war, along with short military biographies of each man. Coupled with his first three volumes, this book goes a long way to uncovering the story of a group of men from a common region who fought for their adopted country during a cataclysmic war a century ago.

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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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1720906033

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9781720906032

Book's by Peter L. Belmonte

Bullets, Bandages and Beans

Bullets, Bandages and Beans

United States Army Depot Brigades in World War I

United States Army Depot Brigades in World War I

Italian Americans in World War II

Italian Americans in World War II

Chicago-Area Italians in World War I

Chicago-Area Italians in World War I

Calabrian-Americans in the Us Military During World War I, Volume 4

Calabrian-Americans in the Us Military During World War I, Volume 4

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