The saga of China, Burma, India--World War II's forgotten theater--is as heroic as it is seldom told. CBI ground troops were charged with the Herculean task of carving a road from India to China through humid jungles where disease was as great a hazard as the Japanese, and pilots who "flew the Hump," the treacherous flight route over the Himalayas, braved violent monsoon rains, deadly wind shifts, and mountainsides that suddenly loomed from the clouds.Richard Beard, an Army psychologist assigned to the 142nd General ...
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The saga of China, Burma, India--World War II's forgotten theater--is as heroic as it is seldom told. CBI ground troops were charged with the Herculean task of carving a road from India to China through humid jungles where disease was as great a hazard as the Japanese, and pilots who "flew the Hump," the treacherous flight route over the Himalayas, braved violent monsoon rains, deadly wind shifts, and mountainsides that suddenly loomed from the clouds.Richard Beard, an Army psychologist assigned to the 142nd General Hospital in Calcutta, dealt daily with emotional trauma. While American and British soldiers hacked their way through dense tropical forests to build the supply route, Beard immersed himself in the internal jungles of those he treated.A pillar to the men he served, Beard was an astute listener and observer, pleased to be playing his part. But his own pillar was his wife, Reva, teaching school half a world away in Findlay, Ohio. In daily letters to Reva, he poured out not only his observations of life in India but also his own longing and passions, and the unfolding drama of war, in painfully exquisite detail tempered with tenderness and humor. Reva's return letters are filled with news of the home front and stories of her young students, but through them all courses a longing for Richard's safe return.In these letters the couple's devotion to each other in the face of separation and their willingness to see the war through to its end demonstrate once again the dedication of the World War II generation.
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Fine Condition in Fine jacket. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Quantity Available: 1. Category: World War II; ISBN: 0896724689. ISBN/EAN: 9780896724686. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 22958.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 5x0x8; Inscribed by author on title page. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly worn with scuffs & creases in a mylar cover.
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Fine. Fine dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-10" Tall A bright fine copy of the book and jacket with no wear. Inscribed in ink by the author on the title page: " For _______-warmest "bienvenidos" to Santa fe-enjoy meeting my parents through their letters! 9/17/05. Elaine pinkerton "
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0896724689. 352 pp., illus., inscribed and signed by the editor, Elaine Pinkerton, the daughter of Richard and Reva Beard; Signed by Editor.
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As New in Very Good + jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Signed by Author Signed by Author Mild edgewear on dj., new looking book and pages. 352 pp. Signed by author on title page.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Signed by Author Signed by Author Signed by Author Daughter and editor Elain Pinkerton inscribed this copy on title page in ink thus: "For Joel--Happy Valentine's Day--with best wishes! Elaine Pinkerton 2/14/03"; dust jacket shows sticker remnant on back cover; tight clean unmarked new looking copy, 352 pages; letters depict the China-Burma-India theatre of World War II, Richard Beard was an army psychologist.
