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Frank Mathias was a Kentucky teenager when war swept him halfway around the world. He took part in the huge invasion force in the Battle of Manila, the deadliest single battle of the Pacific War. As a saxophonist and a machine gunner attached to the 37th infantry Division, Mathias saw World War II from the bottom of the heap, where young privates lived and died.
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2000University Press of Kentucky · 256 pages · 9780813190099
- Other · English · 1982University Press of Kentucky · 227 pages · 9780813114620
Band musiciansUnited StatesAmerican Personal narrativesWorld War, 1939-1945SoldiersBiographyJazz musicians, biographyWorld war, 1939-1945, biography