Christian Mcburney

Untold Stories from World War II Rhode Island (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Following the success of World War II Rhode Island, author Christian McBurney returns, with new coauthors Norman Desmarais and Varoujan Karentz, to present extraordinary personal stories of local contributions to the war effort.From John F. Kennedy's training as a PT boat commander at Melville to George H.W. Bush's training as a pilot at Charlestown, the smallest state played an oversized role preparing navy officers and sailors. Important innovations are credited here too. Radar used on night-flying aircraft was developed at Jamestown's Spraycliff Observatory and tested at Charlestown, and at Davisville, Seabees developed a pontoon aircraft landing field tested on Narragansett Bay. Scituate was home to the nation's most successful spy listening station. After these and more captivating stories are revealed, the final chapter details existing World War II sites across the state readers can visit.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439668320
• Artikelnr.: 60930887

Autorenporträt

CHRISTIAN MCBURNEY, the primary editor of this book and the editor and publisher of the Online Review of Rhode Island History, has written seven books on Rhode Island and/or Revolutionary War history, including The Rhode Island Campaign: The First French and American Operation of the Revolutionary War and Spies in Revolutionary Rhode Island. For more information on his books and lectures, go to www.christianmcburney.com. > >