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Camp Tyson

By: Shannon McFarlin

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In 1941, Paris, Tennessee, became the home of Camp Tyson. The 2,000-acre camp named for Knoxville World War I veteran Brig. Gen. Lawrence Tyson was built by some 800 laborers and consisted of 450 buildings including barracks, a hospital, and a theater. Over the course of World War II, the camp grew to about 6,000 acres in size and served as a training ground for as many as 25,000 servicemen, as well as a POW camp for many Germans and Italian prisoners. At Camp Tyson, soldiers trained to construct, maintain, and operate barrage balloons. These balloons were successfully used to provide anti-aircraft protection during World War I and again in World War II with the help of those trained in Henry County. However, the atomic bomb made barrage balloons obsolete, and after the war, Camp Tyson was decommissioned.

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1439659281

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Human Resource Management in Sport and Recreation

By: Packianathan Chelladurai,Shannon Kerwin

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Human Resource Management in Sport and Recreation

By: Packianathan Chelladurai,Shannon Kerwin

Human Resource Management in Sport and Recreation, Third Edition, provides current and future practitioners with a solid foundation in research and application of human resource management in the sport and recreation industries. The third edition prepares students for success by bringing into focus the three divergent groups of people who constitute human resources in sport and recreation organizations: paid professional workers, volunteers, and the clients themselves. Dr. Packianathan Chelladurai, pioneer in the field of sport management, continues to bring his expertise to this edition; he is joined by new coauthor Dr. Shannon Kerwin, an active researcher in organizational behavior and human resource management in sport. With more than 50 collective years of experience in teaching management of human resources, Chelladurai and Kerwin synthesize the core dynamics of human resources and the management of these resources as well as the role of the sport and recreation manager. The third edition’s updated references, examples, and studies reflect the increased growth, interest, and complexity in human resource management in recreation and sport in recent years. Additional enhancements of the third edition include the following: • A new opening chapter on the significance of human resources describes consumer services, professional services, and human services and provides a model for the subsequent chapters. • A greater emphasis is placed on recruitment and training as an essential component of success. • New “Technology in Human Resource Management” and “Diversity Management of Human Resources” sidebars connect theory to practice for sport managers as they confront contemporary issues in the workplace. • Case studies at the end of each chapter help students apply concepts from the chapter to real-world scenarios. • Instructor ancillaries help instructors prepare for class with the use of an instructor guide with a syllabus, tips for teaching, and additional resources, as well as an image bank. In addition, updated pedagogical aids include learning objectives, summaries, lists of key terms, comprehension questions, and discussion questions to guide student learning through each chapter. Sidebars throughout the text provide applied concepts, highlight relevant research, and offer digestible takeaways. Organized into four parts, the text begins by outlining the unique and common characteristics of the three groups of human resources in sport and recreation. Part II focuses on differences in people and how the differences affect behavior in sport and recreation organizations. In part III, readers explore significant organizational processes in the management of human resources. Part IV discusses two significant outcomes expected of human resource practices: satisfaction and commitment. Finally, a conclusion synthesizes information and presents a set of founding and guiding themes. Human Resource Management in Sport and Recreation, Third Edition, explains essential concepts in human resources in the sport and recreation industries. The authors present a clear and concise treatise on the critical aspects of management of human resources within sport and recreational organizations to help aspiring and current professionals maximize their potential in the field.

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Human Kinetics

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1492586374

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9781492586371

As If They Were Ours: The Story of Camp Tyson - America's Only Barrage Balloon Training Facility

By: Shannon McFarlin

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As If They Were Ours: The Story of Camp Tyson - America's Only Barrage Balloon Training Facility

By: Shannon McFarlin

Merriam Press World War II History No. 7 First Edition, 2015 Camp Tyson was unique and historic for several reasons: It was the only barrage balloon training facility in the U.S. in World War II, so the soldiers who were there had an experience unlike any other soldiers anywhere. The Camp also became engrained in the lives of Henry Countians - most every home in Paris, Tennessee, had a soldier and his family living with them (including the author's) and the camp is credited with modernizing Paris and the county. Most importantly, however, Camp Tyson was the home of the all-black 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, which was the first battalion to rush onto the beaches on D-Day. They were trained for that battle at Camp Tyson and their accomplishments have been largely unheralded. Additionally, both Italian and German prisoners of war were held there during and after the war. The author was able to track down several of the black soldiers who were trained there and were at D-Day, and also has first-person accounts from white soldiers who were at the camp, as well as former soldiers who remember the German and Italian prisoners. Much of the book is first-person interviews, as well as documents from the Library of Congress and other government sources that have never been published before. The author, Shannon McFarlin, now lives in the family homeplace in Paris, Tennessee. She grew up listening to stories told about Camp Tyson from her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and was inspired to write about the Camp from an early age. She has worked as a news reporter for most of her working life, for newspapers in Ohio and Tennessee, and is currently the News Director for a large West Tennessee radio station, WENK/WTPR, and its website and writes for Paris! magazine. She has a master's degree in public history and a bachelor's degree in history from Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, and also studied history at Bowling Green State University. She was awarded first place in Investigative Journalism in 1981 by the Ohio Associated Press and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize that same year. Contents: Chapter 1: Eddie Finds A New Home Chapter 2: Motors Roared, Hammers Thudded And Saws Swished Chapter 3: They Just Came Out And Destroyed Our Farms, Our Barns, Our House" Chapter 4: "They Didn't Feel Like Strangers" Chapter 5: Flying Elephants In The Sky Chapter 6: "It Just Exploded" Chapter 7: Shot Down Over Lake Erie Chapter 8: Good Times For Entrepreneurs Chapter 9: "They Would Throw Hands of Candy And Gum At Us As They Marched By" Chapter 10: "We Reached Out To Those Boys As If They Were Ours" Chapter 11: "War Is Hell, But Pretty Entertaining, Too" Chapter 12: "The Day Jeanette MacDonald Came To Town" Chapter 13: Death In An Army Camp Chapter 14: "The Deuces"; The African-American Experience Chapter 15: "We Were There. We Did Our Part" Chapter 16: Working There Was An Education In Itself Chapter 17: A Close Encounter Of A General Kind Chapter 18: "This Is Your Life, Pearl Routon" Chapter 19: 4,000 Hamburgers To Go Chapter 20: "Paris Has Nowhere To Go But Up, So I'm Staying Right Here" Chapter 21: Hospitality, Southern Style Chapter 22: Haul 'Er Down Chapter 23: From Surplus To POW Camp Chapter 24: Didn't You Hear? The War Is Over! Chapter 25: "It Was Considered Sinful" Chapter 26: "Don't Come Back From Washington Without A Signed Deed" Chapter 27: Soldiers Tell Their Stories Chapter 28: "Hi There, Soldier!" Chapter 29: Keepers Of The Flame 40 photos footnotes

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157638473X

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9781576384732

2 Fuzzy, 2 Furious

By: Shannon Hale,Dean Hale

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2 Fuzzy, 2 Furious

By: Shannon Hale,Dean Hale

Fourteen-year-old Doreen Green's work as a superhero leads to problems with her life in middle school, but when a new shopping mall creates turmoil between two towns, Squirrel Girl is on the case.

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Marvel Press

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1544405766

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