{"product_id":"as-if-they-were-ours-the-story-of-camp-tyson-americas-only-barrage-balloon-training-facility-paperback","title":"As If They Were Ours: The Story of Camp Tyson - America's Only Barrage Balloon Training Facility - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShannon McFarlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerriam Press World War 2 History Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was the only barrage balloon training facility in the U.S. in World War II, so the soldiers who were there had an experience unlike any other soldiers anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Camp also became engrained in the lives of Henry Countians - most every home in Paris, Tennessee, had a soldier and his family living with them (including the author's) and the camp is credited with modernizing Paris and the county.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Most importantly, however, Camp Tyson was the home of the all-black 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, which was the first battalion to rush onto the beaches on D-Day. They were trained for that battle at Camp Tyson and their accomplishments have been largely unheralded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Additionally, both Italian and German prisoners of war were held there during and after the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author was able to track down several of the black soldiers who were trained there and were at D-Day, and also has first-person accounts from white soldiers who were at the camp, as well as former soldiers who remember the German and Italian prisoners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Much of the book is first-person interviews, as well as documents from the Library of Congress and other government sources that have never been published before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author, Shannon McFarlin, now lives in the family homeplace in Paris, Tennessee. She grew up listening to stories told about Camp Tyson from her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and was inspired to write about the Camp from an early age. She has worked as a news reporter for most of her working life, for newspapers in Ohio and Tennessee, and is currently the News Director for a large West Tennessee radio station, WENK\/WTPR, and its website and writes for Paris! magazine. She has a master's degree in public history and a bachelor's degree in history from Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, and also studied history at Bowling Green State University. She was awarded first place in Investigative Journalism in 1981 by the Ohio Associated Press and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize that same year. Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 1: Eddie Finds A New Home\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 2: Motors Roared, Hammers Thudded And Saws Swished\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 3: They Just Came Out And Destroyed Our Farms, Our Barns, Our House\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 4: \"They Didn't Feel Like Strangers\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 5: Flying Elephants In The Sky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 6: \"It Just Exploded\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 7: Shot Down Over Lake Erie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 8: Good Times For Entrepreneurs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 9: \"They Would Throw Hands of Candy And Gum At Us As They Marched By\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 10: \"We Reached Out To Those Boys As If They Were Ours\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 11: \"War Is Hell, But Pretty Entertaining, Too\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 12: \"The Day Jeanette MacDonald Came To Town\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 13: Death In An Army Camp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 14: \"The Deuces\" The African-American Experience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 15: \"We Were There. We Did Our Part\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 16: Working There Was An Education In Itself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 17: A Close Encounter Of A General Kind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 18: \"This Is Your Life, Pearl Routon\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 19: 4,000 Hamburgers To Go\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 20: \"Paris Has Nowhere To Go But Up, So I'm Staying Right Here\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 21: Hospitality, Southern Style\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 22: Haul 'Er Down\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 23: From Surplus To POW Camp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 24: Didn't You Hear? The War Is Over!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 25: \"It Was Considered Sinful\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 26: \"Don't Come Back From Washington Without A Signed Deed\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 27: Soldiers Tell Their Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 28: \"Hi There, Soldier!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 29: Keepers Of The Flame\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 40 photos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e footnotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53247613403443,"sku":"9781576384732","price":27.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ElbDDjLgoZ9781576384732.webp?v=1776305358","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/as-if-they-were-ours-the-story-of-camp-tyson-americas-only-barrage-balloon-training-facility-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}