Summary of Spencer F. Wurst & Gayle Wurst's Descending from the Clouds (eBook)

IRB Media (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
110 Seiten
Irb (Verlag)
979-8-8225-4495-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I had always been interested in the military, and World War II was starting to heat up. I was poring over books about the Civil War at my Great-aunt Myra s in Kennedy, New York. When England and France declared war on Germany in September 1939, I thought we would soon become involved.#2 I was only fifteen when I enlisted in the Army in 1940, and I was homesick. I sometimes wonder if the Army maneuvers of 1940 were undertaken just to publicize the shortage of weapons and training.#3 During the training period, I was also learning how to handle my full-blown adolescent rebellion. I could not tolerate what I considered to be unfairness or stupidity on the part of my superiors, and this regularly earned me the opportunity to reconsider the wisdom of my fifteen years.#4 I was inducted into the Army in 1941, and I quit school the day before. I was 16 years old. The restlessness of youth and the possibility of being recognized as an individual played a part in my enlistment.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.7.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• ISBN-13: 979-8-8225-4495-6 / 9798822544956