Into dust and fire : five young Americans who went first to fight the Nazi army / Rachel S. Cox.
Title:
Into dust and fire : five young Americans who went first to fight the Nazi army / Rachel S. Cox.
ISBN:
9780451234759
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : NAL Caliber, [2012]
©2012
Physical Description:
xvi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Prologue -- pt. 1. Celebrity Soldiers -- Decision -- Convoy -- Riflemen -- Officers -- pt. 2. Around the Cape of Good Hope -- Interlude Doña Aurora -- Lost in the Honeycomb -- Interlude Duchess of Atholl -- pt. 3. Desert Rats -- Into the Blue -- El Alamein -- Recovery -- Spring -- Home.
Summary:
Describes the true story of five young American men who left a life of privilege and an Ivy League education to join the British Army and fight the Nazis six months before the United States became involved in World War II.
Subject Term:
OCLC Number:
ocn727703449
Availability:
South St. Paul - Kaposia~1
