"'Montgomery in the Good War' is a richly textured account of a southern city and its people during World War II. Using newspaper accounts, interviews, letters, journals, and his own memory of the time, Wesley Newton reconstructs wartime-era Montgomery, Alabama--a sleepy southern capital that was transformed irreversibly during World War II. The war affected every segment of Montgomery society: black and white, rich and poor, male and ..."
""Montgomery in the Good War" is a richly textured account of a southern city and its people during World War II. a Using newspaper accounts, interviews, letters, journals, and his own memory of the time, Wesley Newton reconstructs wartime-era Montgomery, Alabama--a sleepy southern capital that was transformed irreversibly during World War II. a The war affected every segment of Montgomery society: black and white, rich and poor, male a ..."
To Command the Sky(1st Edition) The Battle for Air Superiority Over Germany, 1942-1944 (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight (Paperback)) by Stephen L. Mcfarland, WesleyPhillipsNewton Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 2006 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-5346-9, ISBN: 0-8173-5346-1
"We are grateful to Fritz Ungar, Mary Gill Rice, Starr Smith, Edmond Zellner,
Luther H. Richmond, William R. Lawley, Jr., Clyde W. Bradley, Jr., Gerhard H.
Kroll, Gunther Rail, James H. Doolittle, and Robert L. Salzarulo, for their letters
and oral interviews. Dr. John Wood of James Madison University, whose brother
flew a fighter with the Eighth Air Force, and Col. Starr Smith, USAFR (ret.), an
intelligence officer with a Liberator ..."
To Command the Sky(Updated) The Battle for Air Superiority over Germany, 1942 - 1944 [Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series] by Stephen Lee Mcfarland, WesleyPhillipsNewton Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 2002 by Smithsonian Books ISBN-13: 978-1-58834-044-3, ISBN: 1-58834-044-9
"Book by Ennels, Jerome A., Newton, Wesley Phillips"
Wings of Gold(Reprint) An Account of Naval Aviation Training in World War II, the Correspondence of Aviation Cadet/Ensign Robert R. Rea (Paperback) by WesleyPhillipsNewton, Robert R. Rea, Robert Powell Paperback, 348 Pages, Published 2015 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-5825-9, ISBN: 0-8173-5825-0
"Wings of Gold makes a unique contribution to the history of naval aviation. The book sets out the day-to-day experiences and reactions of a cadet who went through the aviation training program at its peak during World War II. An emphasis on training is missing in almost all books dealing with that conflict; in this book, it is the focus. In contrast with official histories, this is an account of how training did occur, rather than how i ..."
"There has been much scholarship on how the U.S. as a nation reacted to World War I, but few have explored how Alabama responded. Did the state follow the federal government’s lead in organizing its resources or did Alabamians devise their own solutions to unique problems they faced? How did the state’s cultural institutions and government react? What changes occurred in its economy and way of life? What, if any, were the long-term conse ..."
Delta The History of An Airline by W. David Lewis, WesleyPhillipsNewton Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-4162-0, ISBN: 0-8203-4162-2
"Beginning in the 1920s as a lowly crop-dusting operation in Louisiana, Delta Air Lines had, by its fiftieth anniversary, down to become one of the largest companies in the industry and one of the most consistently profitable. First published in 1979, this is a comprehensive account of the growth and development of Delta’s strategy and style, the steady expansion of its routes, its relationship with federal regulatory agencies, and the e ..."
". Maxwell air field in Montgomery, Alabama. Built during WWI on the site where the Wright brothers had conducted the first American flight training for civilians, by the 1930s it had become a post for the Air Corps Tactical School. This school was a combination think tank that later significantly influenced the air operations of WWII, and an educational institution for officers who would go on to fill most of the top Army air commands i ..."
Delta(1st Edition) The History of an Airline by Walter David Lewis, WesleyPhillipsNewton Hardcover, 518 Pages, Published 1979 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-0465-6, ISBN: 0-8203-0465-4
"Beginning in the 1920s as a lowly crop-dusting operation in Louisiana, Delta Air Lines had, by its fiftieth anniversary, down to become one of the largest companies in the industry and one of the most consistently profitable. First published in 1979, this is a comprehensive account of the growth and development of Delta’s strategy and style, the steady expansion of its routes, its relationship with federal regulatory agencies, and the e ..."
"Wings of Gold makes a unique contribution to the history of naval aviation. The book sets out the day-to-day experiences and reactions of a cadet who went through the aviation training program at its peak during World War II. An emphasis on training is missing in almost all books dealing with that conflict; in this book, it is the focus. In contrast with official histories, this is an account of how training did occur, rather than how i ..."
"There has been much scholarship on how the U.S. as a nation reacted to World War I, but few have explored how Alabama responded. Did the state follow the federal government’s lead in organizing its resources or did Alabamians devise their own solutions to unique problems they faced? How did the state’s cultural institutions and government react? What changes occurred in its economy and way of life? What, if any, were the long-term conse ..."
Wings of Gold An Account of Naval Aviation Training in World War II: The Correspondence of Aviation Cadet/Ensign Robert R. Rea by Robert Right Rea, WesleyPhillipsNewton Published 1987 ISBN-13: 978-0-585-09822-7, ISBN: 0-585-09822-0
The perilous sky U.S. aviation diplomacy and Latin America, 1919-1931 by WesleyPhillipsNewton Paperback, 457 Pages, Published 1978 by University Of Miami Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87024-298-4, ISBN: 0-87024-298-9