The 26th Yankee Division on Coast Patrol Duty, 1942-1943

ISBN-13: 9780786431427 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 224 str.

Dennis A. Connole

Opis

With the unexpected Japanese strike against Pearl Harbor and the subsequent declaration of war, the United States military sprang into action, combating, among other things, the possibility of a German invasion on American soil. Under the jurisdiction of the 1st Coast Artillery District and a branch of the U.S. Army known as the Coast Artillery Corps, the 26th "Yankee" Division was assigned to patrol, first, the New England coast and, eventually, the entire eastern seaboard. This volume follows the 26th Infantry Division of the Massachusetts National Guard from their prewar activation on January 16, 1941, through basic and advance infantry training, chronicling their build-up to full war strength.