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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     McWilliams, Bill, 1933- author.     Subjects     Willamette University -- Students -- Biography.     San Jose State College -- Students -- Biography.     Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.     Football -- Hawaii -- History -- 20th century.     Football players -- Oregon -- Salem -- Biography.     Football players -- California -- San Jose -- Biography.     College athletes -- Oregon -- Salem -- Biography.     College athletes -- California -- San Jose -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography.     United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      McWilliams, Bill, 1933- author.       by title:      Scrimmage for war : ...         MARC Display

Scrimmage for war : a story of Pearl Harbor, football, and World War II / Bill McWilliams. by McWilliams, Bill, 1933- author. Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2019] Subjects Willamette University -- Students -- Biography.   San Jose State College -- Students -- Biography.   Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.   Football -- Hawaii -- History -- 20th century.   Football players -- Oregon -- Salem -- Biography.   Football players -- California -- San Jose -- Biography.   College athletes -- Oregon -- Salem -- Biography.   College athletes -- California -- San Jose -- Biography.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography.   United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography. ISBN:  9780811738675 (cloth ; alk. paper) : Description:  x, 387 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm Contents:  Voyage to a dream -- Disbelief and bitter reality -- Attack! -- War and martial law come to Punahou School -- The guards at Punahou School -- Orders to evacuate -- The enemy below -- a precursor -- A new adventure -- the mixed blessing -- Underway -- They came from the early morning mist -- Rolling north to home and a joyful welcome -- Mobilization and accounting -- Changed directions in life -- Above and beyond the call of duty -- Leaders with quiet knowledge and experience -- Life before and after Pearl Harbor for 1940 high school classmates from Portland, Oregon -- Two teammates who served as marines in the Pacific Theater -- From Marine Corps aviation and post-war education: two distinguished judges -- A marine's safe journey in the Pacific, his teammate, a B-17G co-pilot shot down over Berlin -- Vancouver High School classmates and the Trappers' 1939 football teammates. Requests:  0 Summary:  "In late November 1941, two college football teams--Willamette University and San Jose State--set sail for Honolulu for a series of games with the University of Hawaii. The players found themselves caught up in the first days of the United States' war with Japan. They arrived home on Christmas Day after a dangerous journey back across the Pacific. Almost all of the players would go on to fight in the war. This book blends battle and gridiron--along with a strong dose of human interest, of college-aged young men unexpectedly caught up in the world war"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction H 940.54127 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList Keaau P/S Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 940.54127 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 940.54127 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 940.54127 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mountain View P/S Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 940.54127 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pearl City Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 940.54127 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 940.54127 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList Thelma Parker Memorial P/S Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 940.54127 Mc Checked In Add Copy to MyList More Results: Prev 1 2

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