Review\nIt is a must read for any tanker, and should be purchased by all libraries near an armored unit. ... Tanks for the Memories is mainly a story about how a unit really functions in wartime. -- Armor Magazine\nThe 712th Tank Battalion spent 11 months in combat, from Normandy to Czechoslovakia. This is their story, as told in the words of its veterans. -- Book Description\nFrom the Publisher\nSince its publication in 1994, "Tanks for the Memories" has attained cult status among veterans and current members of the armored forces. Yet these stories run the gamut of the human condition, and are appealing not only to veterans but to anyone to has a father or an uncle or a grandfather who rarely talks about his experiences during the war.\nFrom the Author\nWhen I first attended a reunion of the 712th Tank Battalion, hoping to find old army buddies of my father, I would stand around in the hospitality room and overhear stories that were so compelling, I thought, somebody ought to put these in a book. This, as it turns out, is that book.

Tanks For The Memories: An Oral History of the 712th Tank Battalion from World War 2

History

Elson, Aaron C.

Military

Chi Chi Press

They Were All Young Kids

Elson, Aaron

Images of life and death, sorrow and moments of revelation.

Climbing the Shadows

Poloskey, Marianne

"Tanks for the Memories" tells the stories, in their own words, of the veterans of one of America's most distinguished "small" units in World War II, the 712th Tank Battalion. From their beginnings in the throes of the Great Depression, to their days in the horse cavalry, to their training as tankers, to 11 months on the front lines in Europe, their stories are not only powerful reading, but show how ordinary men performed extraordinary feats of courage and heroism under the deadliest of conditions.\nFrom the Publisher\nThe original "Tanks for the Memories" was published in 1994. It was a learning experience in that it was a debut work for both the author and the publisher. The production left a great deal to be desired. Perhaps the oddest thing about the book was that it had legs. People were always contacting us saying that their copy had walked on over to a friend's house and the friend gave it to somebody else to read, and now they need another copy. Because so many of those copies just walked away, the first edition has sold out. Because the author continued to record the oral histories of battalion members after the book came out, he chose to write an expanded edition, incorporating all of the original material. The result is a book that is twice as long, twice as good, and only a little more expensive.\nFrom the Author\nMy father served with the 712th Tank Battalion in World War II. When I first attended one of their reunions, in 1987, I found myself riveted as I would listen in on story after story, many of which which I soon realized these veterans didn't share with their children, and even their wives. I thought these stories would make a great book. At the time, I didn't know that I would write that book. But I think you'll find "Tanks for the Memories" to be in the greatest tradition of authors such as Studs Terkel and Stephen Ambrose.

Tanks for the Memories: Expanded Second Edition

The story of L Company, 399th Infantry Regiment, of the 100th Infantry Division during World War II and beyond.

Love Company: L Company, 399th Infantry Regiment, of the 100th Infantry Division During World War II and Beyond

Biographies & Memoirs

Khoury, John M.

Leaders & Notable People

In Love Company, John M. Khoury presents a view of World War II as seen from a foxhole. 
This is one soldier's story. It is not about a hero or a great patriot. It is meant to take the reader along with the young man to see through his eyes what he saw and to understand what he thought.

Love Company: L Company, 399th Infantry Regiment, of the 100th Infantry Division during World War II and Beyond

Following his retirement from the U.S. Navy and the Philadelphia Diocese, Connell J. Maguire joined a writing workshop in Riviera Beach, Fla., where he began writing plays. At the encouragement of fellow members of the workshop, he also tried his hand at prose. "Follies of a Navy Chaplain" is a collection of vignettes, along with a handful of poems and a pair of one-act plays, reflecting the author's view of Ireland, America, the Navy, and the priesthood through a pair of smiling Irish eyes. "Follies of a Navy Chaplain" will make you laugh some, and cry a little.

Follies of a Navy Chaplain

Humor & Entertainment

Maguire, Connell J.

Humor

Tanks for the Memories: The 712th Tank Battalion in World War II

On 27 September 1944, 35 B-24s of the 445th Bomb Group flew off course and lose their fighter protection. They were ambushed by between 100 and 150 German fighter planes. The ensuing battle resulted in the highest one-day losses for a single bomb group in 8th Air Force history. Forty-six years later, survivors of the battle from both sides met in Germany to dedicate a monument with the names of all the flyers who perished that day. Up Above the Clouds to Die is the story of both the battle and the closure that came decades later.

Up Above the Clouds to Die: A tragic error. An epic battle. An oral history. The Kassel Mission of 27 Sept. 1944

During the epic breakout from the Chosin Reservoir, Marine Sgt. Mathew Caruso, assigned as a chaplain's assistant, heroically saved the life of Chaplain Cornelius "Connie" Griffin at the cost of his own life. on December 6, 1950. Six days later, in New England, Mathew's son was born. Fourteen months after that, his father's Silver Star was presented to little Danny Caruso in a ceremony that made national headlines. In 1953 the Caruso Memorial Chapel was dedicated at Camp Pendleton. Two years after that, Mathew's remains were repatriated and his brother John, himself a Marine, served as his burial escort by train from San Francisco to Hartford, Connecticut. "Semper Fi, Padre" is a story of sacrifice and heroism, but it is also about the effect a death in combat, any death in combat, can have on the lives of many people.

Semper Fi, Padre: The Mathew Caruso Story

Caruso, John

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