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The author recounts his experiences as a nineteen-year-old infantryman in World War II, and describes how society prepares its young men to become soldiers
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Not in Vain: A Rifleman Remembers World War II
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Louisiana State University Press, 1992
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Hardback. Condizione: Good. Growing up in a small college town in central Mississippi in the 1930s, Leon C. Standifer knew little of the trauma of war. But by the time he was nineteen, World War I had made war a reality for him. Standifer volunteered for and was accepted by a special army program that would send him to college for technical training; he sometimes hoped and some-times feared that the war would end before the training did. Events turned out quite otherwise. A serious shortage of trained riflemen needed for the invasion of Normandy meant that Standifer and more than one hundred thousand other young men were taken from the program and sent into battle as combat infantrymen. Not in Vain: A Rifleman Remembers World War I looks at American involvement in the war from the firsthand perspective of this nineteen-year-old soldier. As an infantryman in France and Germany during the latter part of the war, Standifer experienced the numbing boredom of daily routine and the adrenaline-pumping excitement of combat. He re-calls the anguish of losing friends in battle and the decisive moment when he slit the throat of an enemy soldier, memories that haunt him still. But Not in Vain is far more than a conventional soldier's memoir. Although he recounts in vivid detail his personal experiences, Standifer also makes a far broader inquiry into the forces that turned a sheltered young man from a religious, small-town back-ground into an effective soldier. Growing up in the Baptist church, Standifer thought he had learned the differences between good and evil, right and wrong. But after his days in battle, moral distinctions were no longer as clear. Not in Vain documents Standifer's lifelong debate with himself over the justification for war by considering not only his reactions during combat but also the feelings that have remained with him for life. He describes these intense emotions in his account of a trip taken to Europe many years after the war and of his recent reunion with some of the former members of his rifle company. Written in an effort to come to terms with his involvement in the war, Not in Vain is a probing and timely study of a citizen's dedication to his country. Codice articolo 00102115922
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Condizione: Good. First. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Codice articolo 14746396-6
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Hardback. Condizione: Good. Growing up in a small college town in central Mississippi in the 1930s, Leon C. Standifer knew little of the trauma of war. But by the time he was nineteen, World War I had made war a reality for him. Standifer volunteered for and was accepted by a special army program that would send him to college for technical training; he sometimes hoped and some-times feared that the war would end before the training did. Events turned out quite otherwise. A serious shortage of trained riflemen needed for the invasion of Normandy meant that Standifer and more than one hundred thousand other young men were taken from the program and sent into battle as combat infantrymen. Not in Vain: A Rifleman Remembers World War I looks at American involvement in the war from the firsthand perspective of this nineteen-year-old soldier. As an infantryman in France and Germany during the latter part of the war, Standifer experienced the numbing boredom of daily routine and the adrenaline-pumping excitement of combat. He re-calls the anguish of losing friends in battle and the decisive moment when he slit the throat of an enemy soldier, memories that haunt him still. But Not in Vain is far more than a conventional soldier's memoir. Although he recounts in vivid detail his personal experiences, Standifer also makes a far broader inquiry into the forces that turned a sheltered young man from a religious, small-town back-ground into an effective soldier. Growing up in the Baptist church, Standifer thought he had learned the differences between good and evil, right and wrong. But after his days in battle, moral distinctions were no longer as clear. Not in Vain documents Standifer's lifelong debate with himself over the justification for war by considering not only his reactions during combat but also the feelings that have remained with him for life. He describes these intense emotions in his account of a trip taken to Europe many years after the war and of his recent reunion with some of the former members of his rifle company. Written in an effort to come to terms with his involvement in the war, Not in Vain is a probing and timely study of a citizen's dedication to his country. Codice articolo CIN080711703XG
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Not In Vain : A Rifleman Remembers World War II
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NOT IN VAIN: A RIFLEMAN REMEMBERS WORLD WAR II
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Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. "Not in Vain" looks at American involvement in World War II from the firsthand perspective of a nineteen-year-old soldier. As an infantryman in France and Germany, Standifer experienced the numbing boredom of daily routine and the adrenaline-pumping excitement of combat. He recalls the anquish of losing friends in battle and the decisive moment when he slit the throat of an enemy soldier. Memories that haunt him still. Photographs are included. This copy is clean and solid. Codice articolo 006817
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A 273 page, 17 chapter work. Signed by a Army B-29 Pilot in the Pacific Theater in 'World War II, Norris retired from the Air Force in 1985 as a Lt. Colonel. He received a Law degree from LSU in 1950. On the half title page the inscription reads as follows: " July 12, 1997/To Lee Estes/ Pascal Norris/Enjoy!/". Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality cover. Dust jacket has been price-clipped. Available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box! Codice articolo 013706
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