Ken Wiley

Broschiertes Buch

D-Days in the Pacific with the Us Coastguard

The Story of Lucky Thirteen

Beschreibung

The images of soldiers and marines coming ashore on hostile beaches are embedded in our collective memory of World War II.

Autor

Ken Wiley was the sixth of seven children born to Troy and Dora Thompson Riley. After service in the US Coast Guard during WWII, he graduated from Hillsboro Junior College and Oklahoma A&M. In 1952 he took a job with Bell Helicopter as as hydraulics design engineer, and worked in a variety of skilled and managerial positions until his retirement in the 1990s. He has four grown daughters and is the founder of Veterans Video Museums prgram. He lives in Mountain City TN with his wife Deane.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Casemate Books
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9781935149217
• ISBN-10: 1935149210
• Artikelnr.: 28205229