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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: William Diebold , Richard MatthewsPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: The Lyons Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.284kg ISBN: 9780762772759ISBN 10: 0762772751 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 06 November 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsA Military History Book Club selection Diebold clearly possessed a gift for storytelling, and he's got some good stories to tell. Through it all, Diebold is a man of optimism and good cheer, always eager to find the humor in situations that would defeat the less resilient. ... The story he tells gives testament to the fact that quite ordinary people are capable of doing the most extraordinary things. <br>--Portland Press Herald An exciting tale. -- Daily Bulldog (Maine) Bill had more guts than any man I've ever met. . . . Aside from my parachute, I felt he was the best life insurance I had when I flew. --Don Downie, author of Flying the Hump <p> A Military History Book Club selection Diebold clearly possessed a gift for storytelling, and he's got some good stories to tell. Through it all, Diebold is a man of optimism and good cheer, always eager to find the humor in situations that would defeat the less resilient. ... The story he tells gives testament to the fact that quite ordinary people are capable of doing the most extraordinary things. --Portland Maine Press Herald An exciting tale. -- Daily Bulldog (Maine) Bill had more guts than any man I've ever met. . . . Aside from my parachute, I felt he was the best life insurance I had when I flew. --Don Downie, author of Flying the Hump Author InformationLt. William Diebold wrote Hell Is So Green shortly after returning to America. An excerpt appeared in Cosmopolitan in 1946 and Coast Artillery Journal in 1947. He died in 1965. Richard Matthews is a feature writer, whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Hartford Courant, Historic Preservation, American Heritage, American Profile, Country Living, Vermont Life, Massachusetts Business and Economic Review, and many other publications. An infantryman in Vietnam from 1965 to 1966, he lives in Phillips, Maine. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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