A Different Kind of War Story (ePub)
A Conscientious Objector in World War Ii
(Sprache: Englisch)
Summary of A Different kind of War Story-
a Quaker conscientious objector in WWII
The book carries the writer through his experiences in WWII as a draftee into Civilian
Public Service ( CPS ), the official structure for...
a Quaker conscientious objector in WWII
The book carries the writer through his experiences in WWII as a draftee into Civilian
Public Service ( CPS ), the official structure for...
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Summary of A Different kind of War Story-
a Quaker conscientious objector in WWII
The book carries the writer through his experiences in WWII as a draftee into Civilian
Public Service ( CPS ), the official structure for handling conscientious objectors ( COs ) . Among his various assignments to CPS camps and projects
are that to the Forest Service Smokejumper unit where he parachuted into remote areas of the Rockies to put out small forest fires before they become
big.
Also , of special interest is his description of transferring
1, 200 wild horses on a cargo ship to Poland as aid for reestablishing Polish agriculture and some observations on Poland under the Soviet occupation
during the early years of the cold war .
a Quaker conscientious objector in WWII
The book carries the writer through his experiences in WWII as a draftee into Civilian
Public Service ( CPS ), the official structure for handling conscientious objectors ( COs ) . Among his various assignments to CPS camps and projects
are that to the Forest Service Smokejumper unit where he parachuted into remote areas of the Rockies to put out small forest fires before they become
big.
Also , of special interest is his description of transferring
1, 200 wild horses on a cargo ship to Poland as aid for reestablishing Polish agriculture and some observations on Poland under the Soviet occupation
during the early years of the cold war .
Autoren-Porträt von Edward M. Arnett
Edward M. (Ned) Arnett was born in Philadelphia , in 1922 .He grew up in the Quaker pacifist environment and served as a conscientious objector during WWII on projects described in this book .
From the age of ten he cultivated an interest in chemistry and spent most of his life as a teacher and research scientist at the University of Pittsburgh and Duke University . He was elected to the National Academy of sciences for his research in organic and physical chemistry . He and his wife Sylvia have raised five sons and now live in Durham , North Carolina .
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Edward M. Arnett
- 2012, 129 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Xlibris US
- ISBN-10: 1469198029
- ISBN-13: 9781469198026
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.05.2012
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