Water in my veins: the pauper who helped save a president

The irrepressible young man who fought his way out of poverty to graduate from Duke University applied the same determination to fighting the Japanese with a small band of brothers that included a future Supreme Court Justice (Byron R. White) and a future president. One of the youngest commanding of...

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1. Verfasser: Robinson, Ted (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bennington, Vermont Merriam Press 2008
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Military monograph 73
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Zusammenfassung:The irrepressible young man who fought his way out of poverty to graduate from Duke University applied the same determination to fighting the Japanese with a small band of brothers that included a future Supreme Court Justice (Byron R. White) and a future president. One of the youngest commanding officers in the Navy, Lieutenant Commander Ted Robinson saw combat first in PT boat squadrons of the South Pacific, then took delivery of a new LST in Boston and steamed it immediately into harm's way at Okinawa. Now a community leader in Sacramento, Commander Robinson has helped to train prospective commanding officers of the Naval Reserve, and is known for his hundreds of speeches as director of the largest executive speakers bureau in California
Beschreibung:455 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten, Porträts
ISBN:9780557025206
0557025206
9780557025190
0557025192