DOC American Legends: The Life of Walter Matthau by Charles River Editors in History

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Merriam Press World War 2 History SeriesDrawing on company histories; memoirs; and interviews; this book traces the history of the men of the 2nd; 3rd; 4th; and 5th Mobile Radio Broadcasting Companies during World War II. It begins with the establishment of a secret camp in Gettysburg; Pennsylvania; and the specialized training in military intelligence and propaganda services that the men received there.It then follows these men abroad: to further training in Britain; to the D-Day landings; Battle of the Bulge; Conquest of Germany; and liberation of the concentration camps. It includes stories from those German- and Austrian-born men from Sharpe who returned in U.S. army uniform to their old hometowns; and concludes with a discussion of the soldiers' immediate postwar activities as translators; interpreters; radio broadcasters; and journalists in the American zones of occupation in Germany and Austria.The book is enriched with new material; including photographs; acquired through personal interviews and correspondence with nine veterans of the camp.Beverley Driver Eddy is professor emerita of German at Dickinson College in Carlisle; Pennsylvania.Contents:Introduction Chapter 1: Founding Camp SharpeChapter 2: Training and Leisure in GettysburgChapter 3: Preparations in BritainChapter 4: The Struggle for FranceChapter 5: LuxembourgChapter 6: The Push into GermanyChapter 7: Confronting the CampsChapter 8: Going “Home”Chapter 9: Working for a Democratic GermanyAppendix: Members of the MRB Companies that Trained in GettysburgBibliographyIndex37 photos Footnotes