Cross-Border Warriors
Canadians in American Forces, Americans in Canadian Forces From the Civil War to the Gulf
by Fred Gaffen
ISBN: 1550022253
ISBN-13: 9781550022254
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Dundurn Pr Ltd
Published date: 1995
Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 0.45 pounds
Pages: 241
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CROSS-BORDER WARRIORS - Canadians in American Forces, Americans in Canadian Forces From the Civil War to the Gulf
Gaffen, Fred
Toronto 1995, Dundurn, first Canadian edition, paper covers, 6x9, VG condition, 241 pages, illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliog, index. .........................................For sell over a hundred years, Canadians and Americans have crossed the border that separates their two countries to serve in one another's armed forces. "I'he American Civil War, the two world wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War – Cross-Border Warriors presents anecdotes, letters, and diaries by or about individuals who left family and native land to engage in these fur-away struggles. There was Emma Edmonds, a woman from New Brunswick who disguised herself as a man and served as field nurse and spy for the Yankees during the Civil War; American Lucien Thomas, who flew 400 combat missions in WW II and Korea; Fred l)emara, "The Great Impostor," who used his surgical skills on unsuspecting patients ... More than ninety photos, together with Fred Gaffen's analysis of this cross-border phenomenon, complement the soldiers' words. . ISBN: 1-55002-225-3. ( more information) Offered by ARTICLES OF WAR Ltd (United States)
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