Soldier of the press
Subtitle: covering the front in Europe and North Africa, 1936-1943
By: Henry T. Gorrell ; edited with an introduction by Kenneth Gorrell, foreword by John C. McManus.
Contributors: Gorrell, Kenneth.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Columbia, MO
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826218513
Subjects: Gorrell, Henry T., -- 1911-1958; United Press Associations -- Employees -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalism, Military -- United States; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists -- Biography; War correspondents -- United States -- Biography; Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Journalism, Military -- United States; Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Personal narratives, American; Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Journalists -- Biography
Genres: Personal narratives, American.; Biography.
Description: "Memoir of United Press correspondent Henry T. Gorrell who reported on World War II in France, the Balkans, Greece, Palestine, and North Africa covering some of the lesser-known battles that gives a new perspective on the overall conflict by recording only those episodes that he witnessed personally, providing firsthand impressions"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Little Caesar; title: Civil War in Spain; title: Prisoner of war; title: The Simpson case; title: The siege of Madrid; title: Interlude: reflecting on events, 1936-1939; title: London: September 1939; title: Balkan powder keg; title: Nadia of the Gestapo; title: Lieutenant Bill Belle; title: Hitler: "carry out plan number four!"; title: Vichy treachery; title: Taxi to Teheran; title: Interlude: October 1941\-May 1942; title: Malta convoy; title: The retreat to Alamein; title: Rommel hits a Stone Wall; title: "The lull continues in the western desert"; title: BBC; title: "Winnie" comes to Alamein; title: "No retreat and no surrender"; title: Montgomery; title: "Milk run" to Benghazi; title: The bombing of Navarino bay; title: The battle of Alamein; title: Rommel packs up; title: Benghazi's fall; title: The Yanks bomb naples; title: The death of private "X"; title: The "ladies from hell" attack; title: The fall of Tripoli; title: Conclusion (but the war goes on).