Beautiful Bronx by L Ultan

Beautiful Bronx by L Ultan

A Family of Survivors is a factual account of the events experienced by a rural Arkansas family the first half of the twentieth century. It has interesting eyewitness accounts of major events that occurred during this period of our history. These events include World War I, the great influenza epidemic, the Elaine Race Riots, the Great Flood of 1927, the Stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed. It details events leading up to World War I, and gives an account of three brothers service in the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Army Air Force. It takes us to the surrender of Hitler's war machine.

As we celebrated V.E. Day, Victory in Europe, on May 8, 1945, we took stock of our losses. We were to learn that the 8th Air Force had spent 1,008 days in action against the enemy. We had burned a billion gallons of fuel, fired nearly 100 million rounds of machine gun ammunition and dropped more that 732,000 tons of bombs on the enemy. The 8th Air Force had lost 6,243 airplanes and more than 47,000 men.

The work of the 384th Bomber Group was not over. We would move into France and operate an airline for another seven months. This operation, called The Green Project is also outlined in the book.

LLOYD ULTAN holds the appointed government position of Bronx Borough Historian. He is a professor of history at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and the author of over 1,000 articles about the Bronx and ten books including The Northern Borough: A History of the Bronx, and The Birth of the Bronx, 1609-1900. SHELLEY OLSON taught at the University of Houston, the University of North Carolina's Center for the Advancement of Teaching, and Wake Forest before relocating to New York City, which inspired her to write this book.

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ISBN 13	9780517548004
ISBN 10	0517548003
Title	Beautiful Bronx
Author	L Ultan
Series	Life In The Bronx Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1988-12-12
Number of pages	95
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.