Authors: Ernie Pyle, Carol Johnson (Illustrator), Orr Kelly
ISBN-13: 9780803287778, ISBN-10: 0803287771
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: April 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Ernie Pyle (190045) was a revered war correspondent in Europe and the South Pacific during the Second World War. He is the author of Brave Men, available in a Bison Books edition. Orr Kelly is a retired veteran Washington correspondent and the author of nine books on military subjects, including Meeting the Fox: The Allied Invasion of Africa, From Operation Torch to Kasserine Pass to Victory in Tunisia and From a Dark Sky: The Story of U.S. Air Force Special Operations.
A wonderful and enduring tribute to American troops in the Second World War, Here Is Your War is Ernie Pyle’s story of the soldiers’ first campaign against the enemy in North Africa. With unequaled humanity and insight, Pyle tells how people from a cross-section of Americaranches, inner cities, small mountain farms, and college townslearned to fight a war. The Allied campaign and ultimate victory in North Africa was built on blood, brave deeds, sacrifice and needless loss, exotic vistas, endurance, homesickness, and an unmistakable American sense of humor. It’s all herethe suspenseful landing at Oran; the risks taken daily by fighter and bomber pilots; grim, unrelenting combat in the desert and mountains of Tunisia; a ferocious tank battle that ended in defeat for the inexperienced Americans; and the final victory at Tunis. Pyle’s keen observations relate the full story of ordinary G.I.s caught up in extraordinary times.
"A full-length, deeply human portrait of the American soldier in action. . . . The things that those at home want most to know."
1. | Convoy to Africa | 1 |
2. | The Americans Have Landed | 13 |
3. | Not too Dark Africa | 27 |
4. | Political Picture, December, 1942 | 42 |
5. | On the Land | 46 |
6. | The Medical Front | 58 |
7. | Turns and Encounters | 70 |
8. | In the Air | 79 |
9. | Sherman had a Word for It | 107 |
10. | Bullets, Battles, and Retreat | 123 |
11. | Sidelights | 146 |
12. | Desert Sortie | 155 |
13. | The French Foreign Legion | 165 |
14. | Roving Reporters | 172 |
15. | The End in Sight | 182 |
16. | The Final Push | 199 |
17. | Victory | 221 |
18. | Aftermath | 239 |