Duty, honor, victory
Subtitle: America's athletes in World War II
By: Gary L. Bloomfield.
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Athletes -- United States -- Biography.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography.; United States -- Armed Forces -- Sports.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-382) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Prelude to war in Europe and the Pacific; title: 2. Japan's legacy: "a day that will live in infamy"; title: 3. Thousands volunteer for some big-time payback; title: 4. The war at home; title: 5. Lands down under become Pacific staging areas; title: 6. Top athletes in every sport join the military; title: 7. Confused beyond imagination: the China-Burma-India campaign; title: 8. Nazi Wolf Packs terrorize the Atlantic; title: 9. GIs get first test in North Africa; title: 10. Pursuit in the Pacific; title: 11. Slugging it out in the Solomons.