{"product_id":"camp-sharpes-psycho-boys-beverley-driver-eddy-9781502813947","title":"Camp Sharpe's \"Psycho Boys\": From Gettysburg to Germany","description":"\u003cp\u003eMerriam Press World War 2 History Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on company histories, memoirs, and interviews, this book traces the history of the men of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Mobile Radio Broadcasting Companies during World War II. It begins with the establishment of a secret camp in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the specialized training in military intelligence and propaganda services that the men received there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt then follows these men abroad: to further training in Britain, to the D-Day landings, Battle of the Bulge, Conquest of Germany, and liberation of the concentration camps. It includes stories from those German- and Austrian-born men from Sharpe who returned in U.S. army uniform to their old hometowns, and concludes with a discussion of the soldiers' immediate postwar activities as translators, interpreters, radio broadcasters, and journalists in the American zones of occupation in Germany and Austria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is enriched with new material, including photographs, acquired through personal interviews and correspondence with nine veterans of the camp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeverley Driver Eddy is professor emerita of German at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 1: Founding Camp Sharpe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Training and Leisure in Gettysburg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Preparations in Britain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Struggle for France\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Luxembourg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Push into Germany\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Confronting the Camps\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Going \"Home\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Working for a Democratic Germany\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Members of the MRB Companies that Trained in Gettysburg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e37 photos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Footnotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beverley Driver Eddy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1502813947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781502813947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beverley Driver Eddy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935239209215,"sku":"9781502813947","price":17.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_141895de-3171-4a7e-99c6-0e0a01bf2996.jpg?v=1681418666","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/camp-sharpes-psycho-boys-beverley-driver-eddy-9781502813947","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}