As one who loves wwii history, i could not put this book down. Death traps and fury fury is a relentlessly grim world war ii movie, and as the source autobiography death traps makes clear, it should be. John was read by howitt as the uncovered group stood. Cooper served as an ordnance liaison officer of the us 3rd armored division from the invasion of normandy until the end of the war. At we believe that every life has a story that deserves to be told and preserved is the online source for current local and national obituary news and a supportive community where friends and family can come together during times of loss and grieving to honor the memories of their loved ones with lasting personal tributes.
The survival of an american armored division in world war ii, published in 1998. Thane rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist, and law professor, the author of the novels, the golems of gotham harpercollins, 2002 san francisco chronicle top 100 book, second hand smoke st. Dec 18, 2007 his stories are vivid, enlightening, full of lifeand of pain, sorrow, horror, and triumph. Cooper s life brims with stories mirroring the profound changes in our country from the 1940s to the present. I have never before been able to learn so much about mai. Penny is a multidimensional portrait of penny cooper, a celebrated criminal defense attorney, art collector, supporter of female artists, and protector of the underdog. Rants and death traps the chieftains hatch world of. Sign up for news about books, authors, and more from penguin random house. The survival of an american armored division in world war ii english edition ebook. Our goal is to provide you with the best coverage in wing and clays shooting, including places to shoot, ways to improve your shooting and the latest new products.
Death traps is an interesting and very readable memoir of a time when american soldiers went into battle with second rate weapons, and the price they paid to defeat a better equipped foe. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. From the life of the south african statesman, cooper, floyd, 5. Syme amelia waara april 22, 1910 november 8, 1997 memorial services will be held in st. It is written in the style of a memoir, but it also presents itself as a history of the 3rd armored division, the unit in which cooper served as an ordnance lieutenant. A grave was dug at the foot of a gnarled old box tree, the skeleton rolled in a union jack, brought from the camp for the purpose fitting shroud for a brave man who had fought his last fight against death in one of its worst shapes was reverently interred, and the 11th chapter of st.
This was a heavy armored division that was the tip of the spear of the allied advance across europe. Death traps is a very good memoir by belton cooper. The book, commonly found, is wellwritten, an easy read, and provides good insight as to the thinkings and workings of a junior grade ordnance officer in a field unit. The true saga of spearhead heroes of a different sort. Death traps the survival of an american armored division. Read paul coopers life story, offer tributescondolences, send flowers or create a paul cooper online memorial. Robert was born on march 14, 1947 and passed away on wednesday, august 4, 2010 robert was a resident of boise, idaho.
Belton was an ordnance officer in the 3rd armored div or spearhead division. Sep 30, 2016 for the same reason internet hobby historians love to rate the tiger ll as the greatest tank ever the m1 abrams is based off it dontcha know and routinely place rommel at the top of the list of greatest generals ever. When belton cooper was a young boy growing up in huntsville, he dreamed of building the worlds first unsinkable battleship. He was a liaison lieutenant in the 3 rd armor division for the maintenance battalion. I have never before been able to learn so much about maintenance methods of an armored division, with precise details that underline the importance of the work, along with descriptions of how the job was done. An important contribution to the history of world war ii. The story regarding the arrest of cooper is based on an. Belton cooper was a mechanic during the war, and thus lacked a good overall perspective of the shermans performance. This is fairly recent publication and goes into the design and use of the sherman in 194445 in western europe. His laments about shermans being no good against tigers and panthers are questionable, as his unit did not encounter tigers and panthers when he. Invariably, when this topic is raised in an online forum, someone will bring up the book death traps by belton cooper. This website is a comprehensive digital research archive containing transcripts of historical documents, reports, manuscripts and archives. Full text of history of randolph county, missouri see other formats. When belton cooper was a young boy growing up in huntsville, he dreamed of building the world s first unsinkable battleship.
The book itself is called death traps and it refers to the thousands of crew members who died or were injured in sherman tanks because the tank was designed by a committee and it was no match for german panzers with far superior armour and firepower. Mar 18, 2018 invariably, when this topic is raised in an online forum, someone will bring up the book death traps by belton cooper. Cooper served as an ordnance officer with the forward elements and was responsible for coordinating the recovery and repair of damaged american tanks. I would like to know why death traps by belton cooper is considered irrelevant. We found 6 records for timothy cooper in nampa, garden city and 9 other cities in idaho. From some checking on the arm chair general, there seems to be some discussion as to its historical accuracy. Ws imaginary friend when the family goes to the amusement park. In a downtoearth style, death traps tells the compelling story of one man s assignment to the famous 3rd armored division that spearheaded the american advance from normandy into germany.
Cooperss book is somewhat unusual in that cooper served in a support unit instead of combat arms. I eagerly awaited this book s coming out since i heard of its release. Floridas stand your ground law, which gives people wide latitude to use deadly force rather than retreat during a fight, may offer him that immunity if a. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, orlando wahl. An enthusiastic supporter of his son david s entomological career, he spent many hours running insect traps in central california. The text has been encoded using the recommendations for level 4 of the tei in libraries guidelines.
Death traps and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. The main theme of the book is that m4 sherman was, as the title implies, a. Cooper was born on may 5, 1988 and passed away on thursday, may 23, 20 cooper was a resident of may, idaho at the time of passing. Death traps the book the true saga of spearhead heroes of a different sort written by 3rd armored world war ii veteran belton cooper of birmingham, alabama, and first published in 1998, death traps has received wide acclaim in military circles. Aug 28, 2000 as a young ordnance lieutenant in the 3d armor division, it was belton cooper s job to travel with the combat units during the day and assist in coordinating the recovery, repair, and evacuation of the battledamaged tanks. They research why the light and dark splotches seem to make a face, and ultimately decide to fly to the moons surface so they can see for themselves what the light and dark splotches are made of. Apr 29, 2003 the book itself is called death traps and it refers to the thousands of crew members who died or were injured in sherman tanks because the tank was designed by a committee and it was no match for german panzers with far superior armour and firepower. As a member of the 3rd armored division maintenance battalion, he had liaison duties that took him far and wide, so he saw more of the war than most junior officers, and he writes about it better than most anyone. Belton coopers memoir of his world war ii service with the 3rd armored division in europe is a gem. Coopers experiences in the battle to defeat germany. The survival of an american armored division in world war ii 9780891418146. The survival of an american armored division in world war ii is a 1998 memoir by belton y. Cooper was an officer in a maintenance battlion in the 3rd armored div.
Belton cooper was a mechanic during the war, and thus lacked a good overall perspective of the sherman s performance. Shotgun life is the first online magazine devoted to the great people who participate in the shotgun sports. Later, cooper recalled the experience in a book, death traps. Some observations on the life history of the idaho ruffed grouse. Second class postage paid at largo, florida and additional entry for march, june, september and december issues. Carl cooper s birthday is 11141939 and is 80 years old. Cooper served with united state armys 3rd armored division fighting the germans in 19441945. National baptist publishing board 1901 call number bx6447.
Timothy cooper in idaho id 6 records found whitepages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Jan 30, 2015 death traps was written to be a dispassionate account of coopers experiences, but its obvious he was still seething with rage and resentment about the lives he saw wasted. When arthur loses a library book, he has monsterous nightmares in arthurs lost library book. Martins, 1999, which was a finalist for the national jewish book award in 1999, and the novelinstories, elijah visible st. This animated series is based on marc browns bestselling books about arthur read, an eightyearold aardvark, his sister d.
Paul leonard cooper 19232014 paul leonard cooper, 90, of boise, died thursday, april 10, 2014, in a boise. Death traps the survival of an american armored division in. Proceedings of the north american wildlife conference 16. With a forward by popular historian stephen ambrose and the backing of a major publisher, death traps has become quite well known amongst ww2 history aficionados. His efforts were scientist named a species of california wasp for him chrysocharis wahli.
Ambrose, from his foreword in a downtoearth style, death traps tells the compelling story of one mans assignment to the famous 3rd armored division that spearheaded the american advance from normandy into germany. New dsc show greatest military clashes the high road. He served in the unit responsible for recovering damaged and destroyed tanks. Carl h cooper, carl h cooper, carl harold cooper and carl m cooper are some of the alias or nicknames that carl has used. It keeps coming up in forum threads as people keep citing it, so i figured i may as well make my position clear in a more formal manner. The survival of an american armored division in world war ii by belton y.
Carl cooper harold, 80 idaho falls, id background report. The book relates coopers experiences during world war ii and puts forth an argument against the us armys use of the m4 sherman tank during the war. Death traps death traps is easily one of the bestknown memoirs of any us junior officer during world war ii, and certainly so for the us armored forces. The main theme of the book is that m4 sherman was, as the title implies, a death trap to the men that operated them. Belton cooper s book death traps is a good book about the sherman. He headed straight for the barcoo as being the most likely locality in which to find them, but in this he was disappointed, burke, as we know, having struck a nearly northwest course for eyre s creek after leaving brahe at the depot on cooper s creek. Was the ww2 memoir death traps by belton cooper historically accurate. Made with wow slider create beautiful, responsive image sliders in a few clicks. Coopers insight makes this book an interesting read from a historical point of view death traps definitely has a significant amount of historical contents.
Death traps by belton cooper is a memoir of his us army service in world war 2. The survival of an american armored division in world war ii belton y. The canal record issn 05280001 is published quarterly on march, june, september, december by the panama canal society of florida, inc. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Belton coopers book death traps is a good book about the sherman. For the same reason internet hobby historians love to rate the tiger ll as the greatest tank ever the m1 abrams is based off it dontcha know and routinely place rommel at the top of the list of greatest generals ever. Belton cooper s memoir of his world war ii service with the 3rd armored division in europe is a gem. Thursday for syme amelia waara, 87, who passed away november 8th in bakersfield. The united states world war 2 main battle tank, the m4 sherman was obsolete by 1944. If you want to talk about shermans, then i suggest you read a book entitled death traps by belton cooper. Accelerated reader quiz list reading practice wccusd. He saw a lot of battle damage on american tanks from german guns. Carl coopers birthday is 11141939 and is 80 years old. The book relates cooper s experiences during world war ii and puts forth an argument against the us army s use of the m4 sherman tank during the war.
As a brief respite from our tales of old sandpoint and its fight to curb prostitution after the turn of the century, this week well revisit an unsolved murder that occurred 25 years ago this week. M67 1901 the library of congress the electronic edition is a part of the uncch digitization project, documenting the american south. Sermons, addresses and reminiscences and important. The ecology and management of the idaho ruffed grouse bonasa umbellus phaia. Cooper is a very polished writer, and the book is very readable. The survival of an american armored division in world war ii. Edwin james welch, the tragedy of coopers creek ml. Cooper saw more of the war than most junior officers, and he writes about it better than almost. Someone who merely wish to read an exciting war story is. Written by 3rd armored world war ii veteran belton cooper of birmingham.
And if he is irrelevant, then why would hunicutts books be considered relevant. The survival of an american armored division in world war ii by benton y. Coopers hawk 80 sharpshinned hawk 81 the cat that killed fiftyeight birds in one year 81 an italian roccolo on lake como 95 dead songbirds 104 the robin of the north 107 the mockingbirds of the south 107 northern robins ready for southern slaughter 108 southernnegro method of combing out the wild life 111. As a young ordnance lieutenant in the 3d armor division, it was belton coopers job to travel with the combat units during the day and assist in coordinating the recovery, repair, and evacuation of the battledamaged tanks. Cooper s experiences in the battle to defeat germany. Death traps is as much a history book as it is a memoir, which makes it a fairly heavy read. Weigley, author of eisenhowers lieutenantscooper saw more of the war than most junior officers. Read death traps the survival of an american armored division in world war ii by belton y. History of randolph county, missouri pdf free download.