Aaron B Elson, 515020 Castlegate Ln, Godfrey, IL 62035

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Semper Four: 4 Marines: An Oral History

Author:

Aaron Elson

Publisher:

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Binding:

Paperback

Pages:

110

ISBN #:

1492218839

EAN Code:

9781492218838

"What was your rank?" oral historian Aaron Elson asked Nick Paciullo, a Marine Corps veteran who fought on Iwo Jima, Saipan, Kwajalein and Roi-Namur. "I was a private ... a Pfc ... a corporal ... a private ... a Pfc ... a corporal," says Paciullo, who notes that he always seemed to be in trouble. "I...

Closing With The Enemy

Author:

Aaron Elson

Publisher:

Chi Chi Press

Binding:

Kindle Edition

Pages:

35

Ed Hays of Paramus, N.J., was a 19-year-old tail gunner on a B-17 named Just Elmer's Tune. His pilot was Lt. Elmer Costales, and the plane's name was taken from a popular Glenn Miller song. On its 12 1/2th mission -- did we say anyone was superstitious? -- Just Elmer's Tune was shot down over Denmar...

A Medic's Story: A World War Ii Oral History As Told To Aaron Elson

Author:

Edward Madden

Publisher:

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Binding:

Paperback

Pages:

24

ISBN #:

1490438076

EAN Code:

9781490438078

"The fellow whose group I was with, Tommy McGowan – he was a staff sergeant – told us to go ahead and pull back and he would cover us until we got off the hill and then he’d come down. So we left and we got down the hill. "A little bit later I saw one of the guys that had stayed up there with McGowa...

A Walk In The Sun: And Other Stories From The Wwii Oral History Web Site

Author:

Aaron Elson

Publisher:

Chi Chi Press

Binding:

Paperback

Pages:

122

ISBN #:

0972733051

EAN Code:

9780972733052

Aaron Elson began interviewing World War II veterans when he attended a reunion of his father's tank battalion in 1987. In 1994 he wrote "Tanks for the Memories," a collection of stories told by the battalion veterans. In 1997 he launched the World War II Oral History web site. Think Studs Terkel me...

A Walk In The Sun

Author:

Aaron Elson

Publisher:

Chi Chi Press

Binding:

Kindle Edition

Pages:

117

Aaron Elson began interviewing World War II veterans when he attended a reunion of his father's tank battalion in 1987. In 1994 he wrote "Tanks for the Memories," a collection of stories told by the battalion veterans. In 1997 he launched the World War II Oral History web site. Think Studs Terkel me...

The Armored Fist: The 712Th Tank Battalion In The Second World War

Author:

Aaron Elson

Publisher:

Fonthill Media

Binding:

Kindle Edition

Pages:

256

The 712th Tank Battalion landed in Normandy three weeks after D-Day and spent eleven months in combat. Along the way, its men dug up potatoes with their tanks and roasted them on the exhausts; liberated Calvados; drank wine and champagne; collected Lugers, banners and other trophies of war; and foug...

The D-Day Dozen: Conversations With Veterans Of D-Day, The Huertgen Forest And The Battle Of The Bulge

Author:

Aaron Elson

Publisher:

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Binding:

Paperback

Pages:

438

ISBN #:

1484118189

EAN Code:

9781484118184

In 1987, Aaron Elson went to a reunion of the tank battalion with which his father served in World War II. He was so moved by the stories the veterans shared among themselves but often didn't tell their families that he returned with a tape recorder. The rest is history. Oral history. Inspired by St...

Merry Christmas In July

Author:

Aaron Elson

Publisher:

Chi Chi Press

Binding:

Kindle Edition

Pages:

116

John Sweren flew 58 missions as a tail gunner in a B-26 during World War II. On July 28, 1944, the plane took a direct hit, breaking off the tail section with him in it. Sixty-one years later, on July 28, 2005, the villagers of Fierville-Bray, France, dedicated a monument to John's plane. Aaron Elso...

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