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A Dangerous Assignment: An Artillery Forward Observer in World War II Paperback - 2008

by William B. Hanford


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Rare memoir of a risky job performed by relatively few troopsHonest and observant narrative describes the good, bad, and ugly of the warCovers World War II's closing months in eastern France and GermanyCpl. Bill Hanford had one of the U.S. Army's most dangerous jobs in World War II: artillery forward observer (FO). Tasked with calling in heavy fire on the enemy, FOs accompanied infantrymen into combat, crawled into no-man's-land, and ascended observation posts like hills and ridges to find their targets. But beyond the usual perils of ground combat, FOs were specially targeted by the enemy because of their crucial role in directing artillery fire. Hanford spent much of his time fighting in the Vosges Mountains in eastern France and then in Germany in late 1944 and early 1945.

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  • Title A Dangerous Assignment: An Artillery Forward Observer in World War II
  • Author William B. Hanford
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.
  • Date 2008-06-13
  • ISBN 9780811734851 / 0811734854
  • Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.01 x 0.65 in (22.86 x 15.27 x 1.65 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Military
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, World War, 1939-1945
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008004306
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

William B. Hanford served as a forward observer in World War II with the U.S. 103rd Infantry Division of the Seventh Army. A retired teacher, he lives in Howell, Michigan.
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