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- catalog abstract "William Dannenmaier served in Korea with the U.S. Army from December 1952 to January 1954, first as a radioman and then as a radio scout with the Fifteenth Infantry Regiment. Eager to serve a cause in which he fervently believed - the safeguarding of South Korea from advancing Chinese Communists - he enlisted in the army with an innocence that soon evaporated. His letters from the front, most of them to his sister, Ethel, provide a springboard for his candid and wry observations of the privations, the boredom, and the devastation of infantry life. At the same time these letters, designed to disguise the true danger of his tasks and his dehumanizing circumstances, reflect a growing failure to communicate with those outside the combat situation. From his vantage point as an Everyman, Dannenmaier describes the frustration of men on the front lines who never saw their commanding superiors, the exhaustion of soldiers whose long-promised leaves never materialized, the transitory friendships and shared horrors that left indelible memories. Endangered by minefields and artillery fire, ground down by rumors and constant tension, these men returned - if they returned at all - profoundly and irrevocably changed.".
- catalog contributor b11211278.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description "From his vantage point as an Everyman, Dannenmaier describes the frustration of men on the front lines who never saw their commanding superiors, the exhaustion of soldiers whose long-promised leaves never materialized, the transitory friendships and shared horrors that left indelible memories. Endangered by minefields and artillery fire, ground down by rumors and constant tension, these men returned - if they returned at all - profoundly and irrevocably changed.".
- catalog description "Prologue -- Homeward bound -- The initiation -- Headed for the front -- The Far East -- Radio school -- The communications platoon -- Intelligence and reconnaissance -- The castle on the hill -- Outpost Harry -- After the party -- The Kumsong salient -- The truce -- Rest and relaxation -- Garrison life -- Home--alive -- Epilogue.".
- catalog description "William Dannenmaier served in Korea with the U.S. Army from December 1952 to January 1954, first as a radioman and then as a radio scout with the Fifteenth Infantry Regiment. Eager to serve a cause in which he fervently believed - the safeguarding of South Korea from advancing Chinese Communists - he enlisted in the army with an innocence that soon evaporated. His letters from the front, most of them to his sister, Ethel, provide a springboard for his candid and wry observations of the privations, the boredom, and the devastation of infantry life. At the same time these letters, designed to disguise the true danger of his tasks and his dehumanizing circumstances, reflect a growing failure to communicate with those outside the combat situation.".
- catalog extent "230 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "We were innocents.".
- catalog identifier "0252024494 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "We were innocents.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog relation "We were innocents.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "951.904/2 21".
- catalog subject "DS921.6 .D36 1999".
- catalog subject "Dannenmaier, William D. (William Deal), 1930-".
- catalog subject "Korean War, 1950-1953 Personal narratives, American.".
- catalog subject "Soldiers United States Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue -- Homeward bound -- The initiation -- Headed for the front -- The Far East -- Radio school -- The communications platoon -- Intelligence and reconnaissance -- The castle on the hill -- Outpost Harry -- After the party -- The Kumsong salient -- The truce -- Rest and relaxation -- Garrison life -- Home--alive -- Epilogue.".
- catalog title "We were innocents : an infantryman in Korea / William D. Dannenmaier.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Personal narratives American. fast".
- catalog type "text".