Pogiebait's War (eBook)

A Son's Quest for His Father's Wartime Life

Jack H. McCall (Autor)

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2023 | 2
464 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
978-1-62190-757-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Jack H. McCall Sr. was a born storyteller, an inveterate practical joker, and a proud Tennessean whose flaws included a considerable taste for candy, or ';pogiebait' in Marine parlance. Like so many other able-bodied young people in on the eve of World War II, he decided to enlist in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Much more than a family memoir or nostalgic wartime reminiscence, this painstakingly researched biography presents a rich, engaging study of the U.S. Marine Corps, particularly McCall's understudied unit, the Ninth Defense Battalionthe ';Fighting Ninth.' The author provides a window into the day-to-day service of a Marine during World War II, with important coverage of fighting in the Pacific Theater. McCall also depicts life in wartime Franklin, Tennessee, and offers a poignant and personal tribute to his father. McCall dramatizes some of the classic themes of the war memoir genre (war is hell, but memories fade!), but he sets riveting descriptions of decisive action against rarely seen views of mundane work and daily life, supported with maps, photographs, and fresh interpretations. Another distinction of this work is its attention to the action on Guam, a very unpleasant late-war ';mopping up' that has received relatively little scholarly attention. In his portrait of the bitter island-hopping war in the Pacific, the author shows how both U.S. and Japanese soldiers were often eager innocents drawn to the cauldron of conflict and indoctrinated and trained by their respective governments. Reflecting on the action late in life, Jack (as well as several other Ninth veterans) came to a begrudging respect for the enemy.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.2.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Legacies of War
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 1940s military service • action and daily life • amphibious forces • Biography • Civilian life during war • combat narratives • Cuba • Cultural reflections • enemy respect • family memoir • Franklin, Tennessee • Guadalcanal • GUAM • historical interpretation • Historical research • Imperial Army • island-hopping campaign • Jack H. McCall Sr. • japanese army • maps and photographs • Marine Corps history • military history • military memoir • narrative storytelling • naval operations • New Georgia • Ninth Defense Battalion • Pacific conflicts • pacific theater • Pearl Harbor • personal tribute • Rendova • Soldier experiences • South Pacific • Tokyo • US Army • U.S. Marine Corps • US Marines • US Navy • war experiences • wartime atrocities • wartime life • wartime reminiscence • World War II
• ISBN-10: 1-62190-757-0 / 1621907570
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62190-757-2 / 9781621907572