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Together as One
James Shipley came of age in the once segregated, rural community of Tipton, Missouri. When just a young man working for a local mechanic, a chance meeting at his local post office in the early 1940s inspired his enlistment in the 301st Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group—an all-black organization that would go on to earn the famed moniker of both “Redtails” and “Tuskegee Airmen” during the Second World War. As a mechanic with the 332nd, this book highlights Shipley’s time in training in the United States, follows him through his service at airfields in Italy and his return home after the end of the war. Previous works on the Tuskegee Airmen have often focused on the experience of the pilots and officers who served in the 332nd, but rarely provides insight into the integral contributions of the enlisted mechanics such as Shipley. Together as One shares of the story of Shipley and the unspoken heroes, recording their dedication to the aviation success of the Tuskegee Airmen even when they had to live and work within a military framework that once denied them some of the very freedoms for which they fought.
Moments on the Moreau
Jeremy P Amick has for years chronicled interesting historical events connected to the Midwest. This compilation of history surrounding the Moreau River in Mid-Missouri provides an engaging snapshot of the people who came before us.
Show Me Veterans
The accounts described within Show-Me Veterans help to inspire an acknowledgment and appreciate of all veterans who have served Missouri and the United States. Many of these men and women voluntarily enlisted, oftentimes through the encouragement of a parent or loved one who served in the military. Others, perhaps, were drafted, thus being compelled into service but performing their assigned duties in an admirable fashion and without qualm or hesitation. These Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, Airmen, Coast Guardsmen and Merchant Marines - along with our Gold Star veterans who either came home under a flag-draped coffin or those whose remains were never recovered - all deserve the public's unwaver...
Central Missouri at War
Central Missouri possesses a bounty of history regarding brave men and women who have served in the armed forces. Although no work can capture all aspects of the sacrifices made, this compilation presents many of the heroes that have lived among us.
Jim and the Red Tails
Jim Shipley grew up in a segregated community in the Midwest but, during World War II, was inspired to join an all-Black air unit being formed. He traveled to Tuskegee, Alabama, and other stateside locations, learning to work on aircraft that were flown in combat overseas. He and his fellow Tuskegee Airmen, also known as the "Red Tails", revealed their commitment to the country in its greatest hour of need and demonstrated that everyone, despite their background or color, could work together as one to help win the war.
¿Wounds of Injustice
In 1993, a rural Missouri community becomes the bloody backdrop for the crime thriller Wounds of Injustice. John Gerber, a Marine Corps veteran who served as a sniper during the Vietnam War, is married to his second wife, Carol, who becomes involved in a sordid affair with a local sheriff's deputy. Fearful her husband will file for divorce and attempt to seize custody of their young son if the illicit relationship is discovered, Carol and the deputy stage a litany of events designed to place John behind bars, thereby granting her full custody of her son and the freedom to continue the relationship with her new lover. When John later learns of the relationship and recognizes the plans designed to remove him from his son's life, he embarks upon a crusade to restore the justice he believes is being stripped from him. The consequences of depraved decisions leave several families devastated by murders while a young boy later comes of age, unintentionally following in the footsteps of a father he was taught to despise
Camp Crowder
Ground breaking for Camp Crowder occurred on August 30, 1941, led by the engineering firm of Burns and McDonnell, of Kansas City, Missouri. During World War II, Camp Crowder became the duty location for contingents of the Women's Army Corps, the home to a Signal Corps Replacement Training Center, and provided basic training to new recruits. While thousands of Signal Corps recruits trained on the nearly 43,000-acre site, a prisoner of war camp was created to house more than 2,000 prisoners, the majority of whom were captured German soldiers. Camp Crowder's legacy has been perpetuated through the decades by the late Mort Walker, creator of the iconic Beetle Bailey comic strip, who received inspiration for his fictional Camp Swampy while stationed at the camp in 1943. Additionally, episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show paid homage to Camp Crowder since the show's creator, Carl Reiner, spent time there in World War II. In later years, much of the camp's original property became home to Crowder College while 4,358 acres has been retained by the Missouri National Guard for use as a training site.
Camp Clark
In 1908, Camp Clark came into existence when it was established as the State Rifle Range in Nevada, Missouri, and quickly progressed into the primary marksmanship training and encampment site for the Missouri National Guard. On August 5, 1917, when the entire National Guard of the United States was drafted into federal service for World War I, the camp became a mobilization and early training site for more than 10,000 Missouri National Guard soldiers. With the passing of Brig. Gen. Harvey C. Clark, a beloved adjutant general, the location was officially renamed Camp Clark in his honor. Aviator Charles Lindbergh, who acquired worldwide fame for his transatlantic flight in 1927, spent time training at Camp Clark in the 1920s. During World War II, the camp fell under federal control and became an internment site for Italian and German prisoners of war. In the years after the war, the camp underwent various expansions but continues to serve as a training location for various Missouri National Guard units and, in recent years, has even been utilized for pre-mobilization training.
The Lucky Ones: The Legacy of Norbert Gerling WWII Tank Destroyer
Two months prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a young man from the rural farming community of Henley, Missouri received his draft notice and, within the passage of days, was inducted as a soldier in the U.S. Army. Though Norbert Gerling entered the service for a one-year term, Pearl Harbor changed everything, thus compelling him to remain in the military for the duration of the war. This book chronicles Gerling's initial training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and his eventual assignment to Company C, 609th Tank Destroyer Battalion. The veteran describes his experiences traveling 1,200 miles across the battered European landscape as a gunner aboard an M-18 Hellcat tank destroyer. B...
Dinner Music in a Combat Zone
In the fall of 1944, with a number of battles unfolding throughout Europe and the Pacific, Roger Dean Buchta quietly entered the world at a time when the turmoil of World War II consumed newspaper headlines. Born on his family's farm near the rural German-Lutheran community of Lohman, Missouri, he graduated from Russellville High School in 1962, then choosing to continue his education at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. Finishing his bachelor's degree in the spring of 1966, he was soon snared by the draft and sent to Fort Hood, Texas for basic combat training. From there, he trained as a combat medic at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The Vietnam War was in full swing and Buchta was among thou...
