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title:Not in Vain : A Rifleman Remembers World War II
author:Standifer, Leon C.
publisher:Louisiana State University Press
isbn10 | asin:0807123382
print isbn13:9780807123386
ebook isbn13:9780585308227
language:English
subjectStandifer, Leon C, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American, Soldiers--United States--Biography, United States.--Army--Biography.
publication date:1992
lcc:D811.S763 1992eb
ddc:940.54/8173
subject:Standifer, Leon C, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American, Soldiers--United States--Biography, United States.--Army--Biography.
Page iii
Not in Vain
A Rifleman Remembers World War II
Leon C. Standifer
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Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook.
Copyright 1992 by Louisiana State University Press
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
Louisiana Paperback Edition, 1998
07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 5 4 3 2 1
Designer: Amanda McDonald Key
Typeface: Bembo
Typesetter: G&S Typesetters, Inc.
Printer and binder: Thomson-Shore, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Standifer, Leon C.
Not in vain: a rifleman remembers World War II / Leon C.
Standifer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8071-1703-X (cloth) ISBN 0-8071-2338-2 (paper)
1. Standifer, Leon C. 2. World War, 19391945Personal
narratives, American. 3. SoldiersUnited StatesBiography.
4. United States. ArmyBiography. I. Title.
D811.S763 1992
940.54'8173dc20 91-23154
CIP
Bill Mauldin Drawings Copyright 1944 By United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Copyright 1945 By Henry Holt and Company, Inc.
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
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Page v
For King Company, 301st Infantry Regiment
of the Ninety-fourth Division
Men who were girt for the combat,
Men who were grit to the core.
And for Dale Proctor
Greater love hath no man than this,
that he lay down his life for his friends.
Page vii
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"Not in vain" may be the pride of those who survived and the epitaph of those who fell.
Winston Churchill
Page ix
Contents
Preface
xiii
1
That's What Soldiers Are Made Of
1
2
But the Bible Says
12
3
Pride of America
30
4
Benning School for Boys
41
5
Why We Fight
56
6
The School Solution Won't Work
67
7
Company of the Line
76
8
Go Get 'Em, Infantry
97
9
Lock and Load: Scouts Out
117
10
We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers
136
11
But Can They Fight?
151
12
War's Desolation
169
13
The South's Incarnate Pride
186
14
Give Me the Mountain
196
15
Forgive Our Foolish Ways
213
16
Blackberries, Chickens, and Courage
223
17
The Country for Which It Stands
245

Page x
Afterword
257
Appendix 1
Morning Report: King Company, 1991
261
Appendix 2
The Ninety-fourth Infantry Division
270
Note on Sources
273

Page xi
Illustrations
Map
Combat Area Northwest of Lorient
127
Cartoons by Bill Mauldin
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