Steel helmet and mortarboard : an academic in Uncle Sam's army / Francis H. Heller.

"The story of an Austrian refugee who earned an American law degree in 1941, but a year later was drafted into the U.S. Army. Heller's account of those years recalls how he adjusted to military life and then how he later resumed his academic career only to be recalled to active duty for th...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author: Heller, Francis H. (Francis Howard), 1917-2013
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2009.
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