To Bataan and back :: the World War II diary of Major Thomas Dooley /

The Aggie tradition of Muster stretches back to the earliest days of the college. But an extraordinary Muster took place during World War II that would change and further hallow the service thereafter. In the spring of 1942, with Japanese forces poised to overrun the Allies on the Philippine island...

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Weitere Verfasser: Dethloff, Henry C. (HerausgeberIn), Adams, John A., Jr., 1951- (HerausgeberIn), Cooper, Jerry C., 1941- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]
Ausgabe:First edition.
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Zusammenfassung:The Aggie tradition of Muster stretches back to the earliest days of the college. But an extraordinary Muster took place during World War II that would change and further hallow the service thereafter. In the spring of 1942, with Japanese forces poised to overrun the Allies on the Philippine island of Corregidor, Maj. Thomas Dooley, class of 1935, and Maj. Gen. George F. Moore, class of 1908, compiled a list of twenty-five other Aggies under their command, which constituted a "roll call" in the midst of the bombardment. Dooley later told a journalist about the list, and the resulting article s
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1623494354
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