| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 785 .U63 M56 2016 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
18039 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9781933337678
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 785 .U63
- Item number - M56 2016
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Mims, James W.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - From Midland to Mindanao :
- Remainder of title - Reminiscences of the war in the Pacific /
- Statement of responsibility, etc - James W. Mims
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc - Abilene, Texas :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc - State House Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc - c2016.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 97 pages :
- Other physical details - illustrations
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| General Note |
- General note - Includes index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - A Chance Encounter -- Foreword -- Introduction by James P. Duffy -- Texas A&M, 1941-1942 -- Forts Bliss and Leonard Wood, 1943 -- Boston College, 1943-1944 -- Camp Ritchie, 1944 -- New Guinea, 1944 -- Leyte, 1944 -- Mindoro, 1945 -- Mindanao, 1945 -- Camps Ritchie and Lee, 1945 -- Now What?
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc - "When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the citizens of the United States found their plans drastically altered. Many Americans responded by joining the armed forces or going to work to make munitions. In the case of fresh-faced Texas A&M student James W. Mims--an aspiring cartoonist on the staff of the newspaper, The Battalion--joining the Reserve Officers program. Selected for his mental acumen and leadership potential, Mims saw America as he traveled from base to base, broadening his horizons in ways he could not have imagined back in his hometown of Midland. Mims's story, told through letters and cartoons sent home, detail his prewar days at Texas A&M and then follows him through basic and other specialized training as he found himself far from Texas and facing an uncertain future.
Mims also learned to soldiers before crossing the Pacific and assignment to the 24th Division in New Guinea. From here, he joined the largest amphibious operation in human history and helped liberate the Philippine Islands. Serving as an intelligence officer specializing in photo interpretation, he helped select the targets for bomber aircraft supporting the infantry as it fought its way through the jungles. From New Guinea to Mindanao, Mims matured into manhood amid some of the most massive and violent tableaus of World War II."
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Mims, James W.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Philippines
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, American
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