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Not As Briefed: From the Doolittle Raid to a German Stalag
Washington State University art graduate Ross Greening was serving as a B-25 pilot in the Northwest at the outbreak of WWII. In 1942, he participated in the famous Doolittle bombing raid over Tokyo, which started a chain of events altering the course of the Pacific war. Greening designed the special bomb-sight used during the mission and later painted a one-of-a-kind record of the attack. Greening next was assigned to the North African theater. His luck ran out in July 1943 when Axis gunners shot his plane down over Italy's erupting Mt. Vesuvius. After capture and then escaping during an Allied-bombing raid, Greening evaded recapture for more than six months in northern Italy. German soldiers who had been tipped off about Greening's hideaway in a high mountain cave eventually seized him and two companions. In a German stalag, Greening was one of the ranking Allied camp commanders. He continued to make an amazing pictorial record of the war--of his own experiences and those of dozens of other prisoners who related their accounts to him. Near the war's end, the Allied prisoners seized control of the camp before the Russian army overran it. Greening's invaluable watercolors, sketches, diary, and other items, a good portion of which had been hidden from the Germans, were safely brought out. In recent years, Greening's niece and widow compiled his memoirs. His sensitive observations on the cruelty and injustices of war are moving and deep-felt. His innate courage and resourcefulness were admirable, as were his astute assessment of the evils of fascism and the measures necessary to prevent threats to world peace. More than one Doolittle veteran has said, "Ross Greening was the best one of us!".
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The Route as Briefed (Poets on Poetry)
The Route as Briefed collects prose by Pulitzer Prize winning poet James Tate. It is an amazingly eclectic collection, offering essays, interviews, short-short stories, memoirs, and even a recipe for squirrel brains in black butter. The essays and interviews touch on themes ranging from poetic influences to MFA programs, and from the role of humor in poetry to the nature of regional writing. The fiction selections--none more than four pages long--are as engaging as their titles, e.g., Despair Ice Cream, Running for Your Life, Dreams of a Robot Dancing Bee, Pie, and A Cloud of Dust. The memoirs include Tate's journal entries during a trip to Spain, and a long piece on the father he never met, killed in action during World War II. In typical Tate style, the book continually straddles the line between fiction and autobiography, entertaining readers with amusing accounts of the poet's own experiences while drawing on these to narrate the fictional stories as well.
James Tate is Professor of Poetry, University of Massachusetts. He is the author of a number of books of poetry, including Worshipful Company of Fletchers: Poems, 1994; Selected Poems, 1991; Distance from Loved Ones, 1990. He has received several awards for his work, including the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1992.
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Warrant officers briefed on issues at 32nd symposium.: An article from: Army Communicator
This digital document is an article from Army Communicator, published by U.S. Army Signal Center on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 871 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Warrant officers briefed on issues at 32nd symposium. Author: Andy Barr Publication:Army Communicator (Refereed) Date: January 1, 2005 Publisher: U.S. Army Signal Center Volume: 30 Issue: 1 Page: 14(2) Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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Board briefed on this year's legislative session.: An article from: Florida Bar News
This digital document is an article from Florida Bar News, published by Florida Bar on June 1, 2001. The length of the article is 765 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Board briefed on this year's legislative session. Author: Gary Blankenship Publication:Florida Bar News (Magazine/Journal) Date: June 1, 2001 Publisher: Florida Bar Volume: 28 Issue: 11 Page: 16 Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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New lawyers get briefed.: An article from: Florida Bar News
This digital document is an article from Florida Bar News, published by Florida Bar on November 1, 2004. The length of the article is 803 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: New lawyers get briefed. Author: Jan Pudlow Publication:Florida Bar News (Magazine/Journal) Date: November 1, 2004 Publisher: Florida Bar Volume: 31 Issue: 21 Page: 5(1) Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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