For well of a hundred years, Canadians and Americans have crossed the border that separates their two countries to serve in one another’s armed forces. The American Civil War, the two world wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War - Cross-Border Warriors presents anecdotes, letters, and diaries by or about individuals who left family and native land to engage in these far-away struggles. There was Emma Edmonds, a woman from New Brunswick who disguised herself as a man and served as a field nurse and spy for the Yankees during the civil war; American Lucien Thomas, who flew 400 combat missions in WW II and Korea; Fred Demara, "The Great Impostor," who used his surgical skills on unsuspecting patients … More than ninety photos, together with Fred Gaffen’s analysis of this cross-border phenomenon, complement the soldiers’ words.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-238) and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 355/.00971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 1550022253 9781554881390
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- D768.15
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- G33 1996eb
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- 1 electronic text (ix, 241 p.)
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- Canada
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00603074 (OCoLC)244771090 (CaOOCEL)410506
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface 8
- Acknowledgments 11
- PART ONE: FROM THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR UNTIL THE SECOND WORLD WAR 12
- Introduction 14
- The American Civil War 15
- Turn of the Century 23
- The First World War, 1914–1918 24
- Between the Wars 48
- PART TWO: THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1939–1945 52
- Introduction 54
- Second World War Experiences 71
- PART THREE: FROM KOREA AND VIETNAM TO THE PERSIAN GULF 166
- The Korean War, 1950–1953 168
- Korean War Experiences 170
- Vietnam 181
- Vietnam War Experiences 186
- The Gulf War 221
- Gulf War Experiences 222
- Conclusion 228
- Appendices 229
- A: Canadian Medal of Honor Recipients 229
- B: Canadian Casualties of the Vietnam War 232
- C: Medal of Honor Recipients Interred in Canada 238
- D: American Victoria Cross Recipients 239
- Notes 240
- Bibliography 244
- Contributors 250
- Index 251
- A 251
- B 251
- C 251
- D 251
- E 251
- F 251
- G 251
- H 251
- J 251
- K 251
- L 252
- M 252
- N 252
- O 252
- P 252
- R 252
- S 252
- T 252
- V 252
- W 252
- Z 252
