Cross-Border Warriors : Canadians in American Forces, Americans in Canadian Forces
Cross-Border Warriors : Canadians in American Forces, Americans in Canadian Forces
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Author(s): Gaffen, Fred
ISBN No.: 9781550022254
Pages: 248
Year: 199607
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 27.59
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

For well of a hundred years, Canadians and Americans have crossed the border that separates their two countries to serve in one another's armed forces. The American Civil War, the two world wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War - Cross-Border Warriors presents anecdotes, letters, and diaries by or about individuals who left family and native land to engage in these far-away struggles. There was Emma Edmonds, a woman from New Brunswick who disguised herself as a man and served as a field nurse and spy for the Yankees during the civil war; American Lucien Thomas, who flew 400 combat missions in WW II and Korea; Fred Demara, "The Great Impostor," who used his surgical skills on unsuspecting patients . More than ninety photos, together with Fred Gaffen's analysis of this cross-border phenomenon, complement the soldiers' words. 02 02 An examination of Canadian-American military relations, from the Civil War to the Gulf War. An examination of Canadian-American military relations, from the Civil War to the Gulf War.


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