Scrimmage for war : a story of Pearl Harbor, football, and World War II /

In late November 1941, two college football teams, Willamette University and San Jose State, set sail for Honolulu for a series of games with the University of Hawaii. The players found themselves caught up in the first days of the United States' war with Japan. They arrived home on Christmas D...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McWilliams, Bill, 1933- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2019]
Subjects:	Willamette University > Students > Biography. San Jose State College > Students > Biography. Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941. Football > Hawaii > History > 20th century. Football players > Oregon > Salem > Biography. Football players > California > San Jose > Biography. College athletes > Oregon > Salem > Biography. College athletes > California > San Jose > Biography. World War, 1939-1945 > Biography. United States > Armed Forces > Biography.

Table of Contents:

Voyage to a dream
Disbelief and bitter reality
Attack!
War and martial law come to Punahou School
The guards at Punahou School
Orders to evacuate
The enemy below
a precursor
A new adventure
the mixed blessing
Underway
They came from the early morning mist
Rolling north to home and a joyful welcome
Mobilization and accounting
Changed directions in life
Above and beyond the call of duty
Leaders with quiet knowledge and experience
Life before and after Pearl Harbor for 1940 high school classmates from Portland, Oregon
Two teammates who served as marines in the Pacific Theater
From Marine Corps aviation and post-war education: two distinguished judges
A marine's safe journey in the Pacific, his teammate, a B-17G co-pilot shot down over Berlin
Vancouver High School classmates and the Trappers' 1939 football teammates.