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• catalog abstract "Annotation Heartland Heroes is a collection of remarkable stories from ordinary men and women who lived through extraordinary times. They resided in places like Lee's Summit, Independence, and Kansas City, yet their experiences were very much like those of World War II veterans everywhere. Some were marines, nurses, or fighter pilots, others were simply civilians who lived through the war under the martial law imposed on the Hawaiian Islands after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In Heartland Heroes, Ken Hatfield gathers the stories of more than eighty men and women, whom he began interviewing in 1984 while reporting for a small weekly newspaper in Liberty, Missouri. Hatfield's first subject was a marine named Bob Barackman, the uncle of one of Hatfield's coworkers. That interview, which lasted for several hours, had a profound effect on Hatfield. He began to realize that as a journalist he had a unique opportunity to preserve that small piece of history each veteran carries with him. Hatfield spent the next seventeen years interviewing nearly one hundred World War II veterans and other individuals, but it was not until August 2001 that he decided to compile the stories into a book. The interviewees, most of whom lived in the Kansas City area at the time of the interviews, included Jim Daniels, a Grumman Wildcat pilot, who while trying to land at Pearl Harbor on the evening after the Japanese attack survived a blizzard of friendly fire, which claimed the lives of three of his friends and fellow pilots; Charles McGee, a pilot with 143 combat missions to his credit, who fought the Germans in the air and racism on the ground as one of the Tuskegee Airmen; and Dee Nicholson, who was just six years old whenthe Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and her home on Hawaii. She and her father recall what life was like for them and others, including Japanese Americans, after that fateful day. Following the war, these courageous men and wo.".
• catalog contributor b12804046.
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description "Annotation Heartland Heroes is a collection of remarkable stories from ordinary men and women who lived through extraordinary times. They resided in places like Lee's Summit, Independence, and Kansas City, yet their experiences were very much like those of World War II veterans everywhere. Some were marines, nurses, or fighter pilots, others were simply civilians who lived through the war under the martial law imposed on the Hawaiian Islands after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In Heartland Heroes, Ken Hatfield gathers the stories of more than eighty men and women, whom he began interviewing in 1984 while reporting for a small weekly newspaper in Liberty, Missouri. Hatfield's first subject was a marine named Bob Barackman, the uncle of one of Hatfield's coworkers. That interview, which lasted for several hours, had a profound effect on Hatfield. He began to realize that as a journalist he had a unique opportunity to preserve that small piece of history each veteran carries with him. Hatfield spent the next seventeen years interviewing nearly one hundred World War II veterans and other individuals, but it was not until August 2001 that he decided to compile the stories into a book. The interviewees, most of whom lived in the Kansas City area at the time of the interviews, included Jim Daniels, a Grumman Wildcat pilot, who while trying to land at Pearl Harbor on the evening after the Japanese attack survived a blizzard of friendly fire, which claimed the lives of three of his friends and fellow pilots; Charles McGee, a pilot with 143 combat missions to his credit, who fought the Germans in the air and racism on the ground as one of the Tuskegee Airmen; and Dee Nicholson, who was just six years old whenthe Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and her home on Hawaii. She and her father recall what life was like for them and others, including Japanese Americans, after that fateful day. Following the war, these courageous men and wo.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272).".
• catalog description "Pearl Harbor -- First Strikes -- War in the Pacific, Part 1 -- Ocean War -- Italy -- War in the Pacific, Part 2 -- Women in War -- Air War -- D-Day -- War in the Pacific, Part 3 -- War in Europe, Part 1 -- Battle of the Bulge -- War in Europe, Part 2 -- The Secret War -- Luzon -- Iwo Jima -- War in the Pacific, Part 4 -- Okinawa -- War in Europe, Part 3 -- V-J Day.".
• catalog extent "xi, 272 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Heartland heroes.".
• catalog identifier "0826214606 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Heartland heroes.".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Columbia : University of Missouri Press,".
• catalog relation "Heartland heroes.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "940.54/0973 21".
• catalog subject "D769 .H38 2003".
• catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Pearl Harbor -- First Strikes -- War in the Pacific, Part 1 -- Ocean War -- Italy -- War in the Pacific, Part 2 -- Women in War -- Air War -- D-Day -- War in the Pacific, Part 3 -- War in Europe, Part 1 -- Battle of the Bulge -- War in Europe, Part 2 -- The Secret War -- Luzon -- Iwo Jima -- War in the Pacific, Part 4 -- Okinawa -- War in Europe, Part 3 -- V-J Day.".
• catalog title "Heartland heroes : remembering World War II / Ken Hatfield.".
• catalog type "text".