A Rocky Mountain Sailor in Teddy Roosevelt's Navy: The Letters of Petty Officer Charles Fowler from the Asiatic Station 1905-1910
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| Management number | 233635341 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | US$18.55 | Model Number | 233635341 | ||
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An avid reader of naval history since my father's service in World War II, I had been struck by the marked contrast between the touching personal depictions of WW II photo-journalism and the dearth of portrayals of sailors as persons, not just undefined elements of crews. Frederick Harrod would observe, "Enlisted personnel are the forgotten men of naval history." 1 As a youngster I witnessed the first two years of World War II by hanging around recruits at the Naval Training Station, San Diego, California. While commissioned a line officer, my father proved too old for front line duty, so he was assigned to the legal staff as station deputy Provost Marshall, a position suited to his civilian profession of lawyer and US commissioner for Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, California. Read more
| ASIN | B0FCCWFH6T |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-0429721021 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| File size | 7.6 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 444 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | March 13, 2019 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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