Assignment to Hell: The War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A .J. Liebling, Homer Bigart, and Hal Boyle
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0451417151 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazon Customer said Entertaining, that'd all.. How many wounded/killed/captured? I get the feeling that much of the tales were gathered at the officers Club bar. I never met anyone who saw a war correspondent in danger or misery. Entertaining, that's all!. Riveting Story of WW II R. G. Lasher Book Review: Assignment to Hell by Timothy M. GayReviewed by Robert G. LasherIn the winter of 1966, in a classroom where the steam heat was so stifling that even on the coldest day the teacher would throw open the windows to get a little fresh air into the mix, a young man stood before our class and professed the new love of his life. No, it wasn't Maria Frontera, the fiery redhead who sat next to him, or Janet Holding, the blonde two rows over (she was my girl); this twelve year ol. American War Correspondents in the ETO! During World War II, hundreds of American war correspondents practiced their calling in the European Theater. Among those men were Homer Bigart, Hal Boyle, Walter Cronkite, A. J. Liebling and Andy Rooney. Timothy Gay traces the combat life and times of those five men in this appealing 2012 release from NAL Caliber.After an introductory chapter that traces the activities of the five men on D-Day, Gay's book sweeps back in time, chronicling the early life and career of Cronkite, Boyle
“I think I’m going to say,” mused Cronkite, “that I’ve just returned from an assignment to hell.”Assignment to Hell tells the powerful and poignant story of the war against Hitler through the eyes of five intrepid reporters. “A book every modern journalist—and citizen—should read.”—Tom Brokaw, Author of The Greatest GenerationIn February 1943, a group of journalists—including a young wire service correspondent named Walter Cronkite and cub reporter Andy Rooney—clamored to fly along on a bombing raid over Nazi Germany. J. This book serves as a stirring tribute to five of World War II’s greatest correspondents and to the brave men and women who fought on the front lines against fascism—their generation’s “assignment to hell.”. A fellow survivor, Homer Bigart of the New York Herald Tribune, asked Cronkite if he’d thought through a lede. soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge. Behind enemy lines in Sicily, Bigart jumped into an amphibious commando raid that nearly ended in di
. Timothy M. Gay is the author of Satch, Dizzy, & Rapid Robert: The Wild Saga of Interracial Baseball before Jackie Robinson and Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend. His essays and op-eds on American history, politics, public policy, and sports have appeared in the Washington Post
A free press never had better allies, and Americans who prize democracy should know them, warts and all. McManus, Author of The Dead and Those About to Die“This charming, wide-angle recap shows how the men who wrote history’s first draft worked and played while in the line of fire.” —World War II magazine“A sprightly synthesis of literature and history… unique and engaging.”—Kirkus Reviews“Dull storytelling wasn’t a problem for war correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A.J. Their kind of work keeps dictatorships at bay.”—Betsy Wade, former New York Times editor.