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"The story of an Austrian refugee who earned an American law degree in 1941, but a year later was drafted into the U.S. Army. Heller's account of those years recalls how he adjusted to military life and then how he later resumed his academic career only to be recalled to active duty for th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heller, Francis H. (Francis Howard), 1917-2013
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Heller, Francis H. > (Francis Howard), > 1917-2013.
Heller, Francis H. > (Francis Howard), > 1917-2013
United States. > Army > Military life > History > 20th century.
United States. > Army
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Austrian American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
Austrian Americans > Biography.
Refugees > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees.
Law teachers > Kansas > Lawrence > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Pacifique, Région du.
Américains d'origine autrichienne > Biographies.
Réfugiés > États-Unis > Biographies.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Réfugiés.
Professeurs de droit > Kansas > Lawrence > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Armed Forces > Military life
Austrian Americans
Law teachers
Refugees
Soldiers
Kansas > Lawrence
Pacific Area
United States
Biographies
History
Personal narratives > American
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Home is the place where-- when you come to it, they have to take you in"
  • From schnitzels to barbeque
  • Finis Austriae
  • Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
  • Camp Caves, Queensland, Australia
  • Goodenough Island and Hollandia, New Guinea
  • Leyte, Philippine Islands
  • Mindoro and Mindanao, Philippine Islands
  • Okayama and Himeji, Japan
  • Fukuoka, Japan
  • Around the world in sixty days
  • Reprise: Fort Bragg again
  • Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
  • Epilogue: Serendipity or good fortune.

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