Texans touched by World War II Texans touched by World War 2 Texans touched by World War Two Manning, Stephen interviewer. text Military history Personal narratives-American Personal narratives. Récits personnels. txu 2003 monographic eng print xi, 315 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Manning presents the true to life stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. He puts you there, capturing heroic stories we must never forget. They shoved me aside to wash the blood off their bayonets / Louis Read -- Even if we had money for Christmas gifts, we couldn't find anything to buy / Shirley Groce Bergeron, Betty Louise Groce Hall -- I'm proud to say I liberated a wine cellar / Bernie Travis -- One person can make a difference / Neil and Toni Gibson -- I felt like I was completely surrounded by bullets / B.C. Henderson -- We felt like we really had a part in the outcome of the war / Marie Hobbs [and others] -- I still don't like fireworks / Buddy Lewis -- I was all right, just almost drowned is all / Sam Holder -- Whenever they shoot one round at you, send fifty back at them / Jim Hansen -- There were no visible tears-- we just made the best of it / Sally Mitchell -- I wanted to go off to war, and my mother wouldn't let me / William White -- Why don't you just shoot the damn tires out? / Charles Eck -- Lord, just get me out of this and I promise I won't come back / Gisela Botzenmayer, Stan Prather -- We'd never seen our parents cry before / David Perkins. [interviewed by] Stephen Neal Manning. Includes index. n-us-tx World War, 1939-1945 Texas World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American Texas History, Military Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Texas Texas Histoire militaire Texas World War (1939-1945) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb 1939 - 1945 fast D769.85.T4 T48 2003 976.4/062 1556229429 9781556229428 2002012827 http://www.chopac.org/cgi-bin/tools/azrev.pl?q=1556229429 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1556229429/chopaconline-20 http://www.chopac.org/cgi-bin/tools/azrev.pl?q=1556229429 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1556229429/chopaconline-20 TAG TAGC DLC 020808 20240808224905.5 in00004817019 eng