Football! Navy! War!: How Military Lend-Lease Players Saved the College Game and Helped Win World War II by Jones, Wilbur D.

Football! Navy! War!: How Military Lend-Lease Players Saved the College Game and Helped Win World War II (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780786442195)

Vendor: Wilbur D. Jones
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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Football! Navy! War!: How Military Lend-Lease Players Saved the College Game and Helped Win World War II by Jones, Wilbur D.

Football! Navy! War!: How Military Lend-Lease Players Saved the College Game and Helped Win World War II

$29.95
Football! Navy! War!: How Military Lend-Lease Players Saved the College Game and Helped Win World War II by Jones, Wilbur D.

Football! Navy! War!: How Military Lend-Lease Players Saved the College Game and Helped Win World War II

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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Not coincidentally, the sport of football naturally employs terms usually associated with war, such as "aerial attack," "blitz," and "trench warfare." During World War II, the United States military and colleges joined forces and fielded competitive football teams. The book highlights the Department of the Navy's role in preserving the game and football's impact on national morale and the war effort through their "lend-lease" to colleges of officer candidates, including All-America and professional players. It describes wartime college and military football throughout the globe and offers listings of college and military teams, records, scores, big games, and statistics; player and team profiles; and a glossary of period football terminology.

Author: Wilbur D. Jones
ISBN-10: 0786442190
ISBN-13: 9780786442195
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2009
Pages: 277
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.42w x 0.65d
By Wilbur D. Jones
By Wilbur D. Jones
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Wilbur D. Jones, Jr., is a nationally known, award-winning military historian and retired Navy captain with four decades of service to the Department of Defense, including as a professor and associate dean at the Defense Acquisition University. He served in the White House as an assistant and advance representative to President Ford. This is his 17th book. He founded and chairs the award-winning preservationist group World War II Wilmington Home Front Heritage Coalition in Wilmington, N.C., where he lives. Visit his website at www.wilburjones.com

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