Snapdragon : The World War II Exploits of Darby's Ranger and Combat Photographer Phil Stern

Stern, Phil/ Bradner, Liesl

Osprey Pub Co（2018/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 312 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781472828507
• DDC分類 B

Full Description

Prior to Phil Stern's death on December 13, 2014, his original, unfinished, tattered wartime memoir was discovered, stashed away in an old folio box in his cluttered Hollywood bungalow. Best remembered for his iconic images of James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and JFK's inauguration, his remarkable service during World War II as a combat photographer with Darby's Rangers has remained largely unknown. Until now.Stern's catchy 1940s lingo, honest and intimate observations, and humor, paired with his striking combat photography, transport the reader 70 years back in time to meet the hardscrabble Rangers and experience some of the key battles of the Mediterranean Theater. Snapdragon is an artifact of that time, told not by a man reminiscing in his twilight years, but by a young soldier fresh from the battlefields.

Contents

PrefaceIntroduction: Back in the USAPart I: The BeginningChapter 1: So you want to be a RangerChapter 2: Onward We StaggerChapter 3: HMS Royal UlstermanChapter 4: Shipping OutPart II: North AfricaChapter 5: Operation TorchChapter 6: Adapt and PrepareChapter 7: Don't you know there's a war on Son? Chapter 8: The Pigeon and the G.I. Chapter 9: TebessaChapter 10: Sened Station RaidChapter 10: Kasserine PassChapter 11: El GuettarChapter 12: Wham, I'm hit!Chapter 13: Casablanca HospitalPart III: SicilyChapter 14: Operation HuskyChapter 15: Vincere "Victory"Chapter 16: Postwar LifeEpilogue: The Final Patrol and LegacyAppendices