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Another River, Another Town: A Teenage Tank Gunner Comes of Age in Combat--1945
Many narrative accounts of men in combat during World War II have conveyed the horrors and emotions of warfare. However, not many reveal in such an intimate way the struggle of innocent youth to adapt to the primitive code of “kill or be killed,” to transform from lads into combat soldiers.
Another River, Another Town is the story of John P. Irwin, a teenage tank gunne...more
Another River, Another Town is the story of John P. Irwin, a teenage tank gunne...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
May 13th 2003
by Random House Trade Paperbacks
(first published May 7th 2002)
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Quick read. He's a former Philosophy professor who wrote up his experience of war as a Sherman gunner. He was a replacement in the 3rd Armored division, joining the unit around the Rhine river. It's written in simple English, definitely not in an academic way. Eh.
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