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BEDFORD GOES TO WAR The Heroic Story of a Small Virginia Community in World War II

Morrison, James W.

Warwick House Publishing

NATO expansion is a key issue both within NATO and in the context of alternative future security alignments in Europe involving NATO, the European Union (EU) and Western European Union (WEU), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). States in Central and Eastern Europe are seeking membership in NATO. NATO has responded with outreach programs, most recently the Partnership for Peach (FPF) Program. NATO leaders have said they expect and welcome NATO expansion as an evolutionary process in which FPF will play an important role. In the public debate, officials and scholars have made many arguments in favor of expansion, against it, and to defer it. There appears to be general support in Congress, the American and European publics, and the executive branches in NATO states for inviting Central and Eastern European states, particularly the four Visegrad states of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, to join NATO, but no decisions have been made nor dates established. Russian officials have been ambivalent but often object to expansion of NATO to include Central and Eastern European states but not Russia. NATO is conducting a study to address how NATO might expand and what the implications would be. Among the issues that may be raised are: whether additional criteria for membership should be specified, which states should be invited, when and possibly in what sequence, if any, they should be invited, how to avoid dividing lines in Europe, the impact of enlargement on NATO effectiveness continuation of outreach programs with states not invited, and the relationship between NATO and Russia. Of six illustrative alternative future security alignments in Europe (three involving NATO expansion and three not), the first-NATO expansion to include Central and Eastern European states, adding from 1-11 new members, while continuing outreach programs with non-members and establishing a unique relationship with Russia and perhaps Ukraine may be the most supportable.

NATO Expansion and Alternative Future Security Alignments: Institute for National Strategic Studies McNair Paper 40

Politics & Social Sciences

University, National Defense

Politics & Government

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Bedford Goes to War is the compelling World War II story of Bedford County, Virginia--a story of heroism, sacrifice, and remembrance. From a population of 30,000, some 4,000 men and women served in the military.       Some 50 fought in the Normandy Invasion, and 20 were killed in action on D-Day--19 in the 116th Infantry's Company A, which had been a National Guard unit in Bedford. The county is believed to have lost more men per capita on D-Day than any other community in America.       As tragic as D-Day was for Bedford, its sacrifice throughout the war was far greater. Its men fought and died on the ground, in the air, and at sea in all major theaters. Over 140 were killed or died, many more were wounded, and over 20 were POWs.       On the home front, citizens produced war material and food, prepared for civil defense, bought war bonds, contributed to the Red Cross and USO, restricted consumption, salvaged scarce materials, grew Victory Gardens, prepared surgical dressings for the military, and wrote to loved ones in the service.       Bedford has honored and memorialized those who fought and died. It also proudly hosts the National D-Day Memorial.        Bedford Goes to War tells what happened during the war in general to Bedford County--to those who served in the military and those who remained on the home front--and in specific detail to 35 veterans and their families.       The book is based on extensive research in Bedford County's library, museum, and courthouse and interviews with over 30 veterans or their families.       The book includes 367 pages of text, 30 pages of photos and maps, two appendices, a bibliography, and over 900 endnotes.       Bedford Goes to War was nominated for the 2005 Library of Virginia Literary Awards, and from 60 nonfiction books nominated a panel selected it as one of five finalists for a Peoples Choice Award.

Bedford Goes to War: The Heroic Story of a Small Virginia Community in World War II (Third Edition)

History

Americas

Shorts in a Bunch is a collection of 62 short pieces of writing in six genres--memoir, fiction, essay, history, poetry, and drama--with the majority being humorous. The memoir pieces include funny and embarrassing experiences of the author, such as parachuting in bed and having a pearl removed from inside his ear. Fictional stories range from an FBI agent who loses his credentials, to finding love in a cafeteria and in outer space, to a Russian spy at a lake in Virginia. The essays deal with facts of the universe, writing, and the delights of living at Virginia's Smith Mountain Lake. The histories survey the military service of American presidents and provide insights to Veterans Day, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the experience of Bedford County, Virginia, in World War II, including D-Day when the community lost 20 men, more men per capita than any other American community. Many of the poems are humorous and focus on nature and writing. The four humorous plays deal with a visit to a writers group; a crusty older couple who live and bicker with each other at Smith Mountain Lake; two 21-year-old, male, large-mouth bass seeking action on a Saturday night; and the 2016 presidential debate between Hillary and Donald. The collection will provide laughs, leisurely entertainment, and perhaps a little learning.

Shorts in a Bunch: Amusing Anecdotes, Tall Tales, Eclectic Essays, Heroic Histories, Playful Poems and Plays

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Bedford County, Virginia, is a small, rural community at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Southwestern Virginia. It is picturesque, with mountains and rolling hills and the quaint county seat of Bedford. Its people are friendly, hardy, and patriotic. World War II, more than any war since the Civil War, would test the community's patriotism and mettle. Bedford would more than pass muster, both on the battlefield and on the home front. This is the story of how the 30,000 people of Bedford County sent forth approximately 10 percent of its citizenry to serve in America's armed forces. It is the story of many of those who served, those who fought, those who were wounded, and those who would not return. It is also the story of how those citizens who remained on the home front in Bedford aided their country - with their labor, their voluntary efforts, their treasure, and their love, support, prayers, and memorials for those in the service. Bedford's story is unique, but is reflects what happened across all of American during the war.

Bedford Goes to War: The Heroic Story of a Small Virginia Community in World War II by James W Morrison (2004, Book, Illustrated): The Heroic Story of a Small Virginia Community in World War II

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