Obediently Yours, Orson Welles

Obediently Yours, Orson Welles
Author :
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Total Pages : 312
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781608444571
ISBN-13 : 1608444570
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Obediently Yours, Orson Welles by : Ulmon Bray

Download or read book Obediently Yours, Orson Welles written by Ulmon Bray and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a young Marine's struggle through unwanted separation from friends and family caused by the consequences of the Great Depression and by the demands of World War II. During the twenty-two plus months my brother, Cpl. Buel Wesley Bray, served as a Marine in World War II, he wrote more than sixty letters to Bobbie Waren, a young woman whose sister had married his older brother. Bobbie saved fifty-seven of those letters and made them available in 2007. The substance of his letters and the recollections that emerged from a number of conversations with Bobbie formed a theme upon which to build an account of Buel's military and nonmilitary experiences, both factual, as well as fictional. In addition, his military personnel records, obtained from the National Personnel Records Center, included a schedule of movement and location of training and combat during his tour of duty. Utilizing information from these sources as the story unfolds, especially from the letters, relationships were encouraged to develop and grow, attitudes were permitted to surface and change, and events were identified and described. The places Buel and his Ordnance Company visited for training and combat duty are valid. While the events that occurred at these various locales are largely fictional, the activities in which the characters of the story engaged were those experienced by marine trainees and later on, when trainees became combatants. Perhaps the merging of facts with fiction can best be exemplified by the equator-crossing activities that occurred when his battalion sailed into the South Pacific war zone. Buel's personnel records document his initiation as a Shellback on 20 March, 1943, therefore the last part of Chapter IX describes this ship-wide event that included activities that were prevalent during the late 1930's and early 40's. Research validated the participation of polliwogs (inductees) in assisting ship's company crewmen in preparation for the "mutiny" and in the construction of initiation obstacles. This was a necessity aboard ships carrying several thousand troops. However, polliwogs were barred from the final stage of preparation. They discovered that when they mastered the obstacle themselves. While all individuals referenced in Buel's letters were real people influencing his life, the only other person who actually played a role in the story is First Sergeant Charles V. Bomar, the author of the final letter in the book. All others are fictional. Ulmon C. Bray November 11, 2009 Fresno, California


Obediently Yours, Orson Welles Related Books

Obediently Yours, Orson Welles
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Ulmon Bray
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-07 - Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is the story of a young Marine's struggle through unwanted separation from friends and family caused by the consequences of the Great Depression and by the
Orson Welles in Italy
Language: en
Pages: 378
Authors: Alberto Anile
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-25 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Fleeing a Hollywood that spurned him, Orson Welles arrived in Italy in 1947 to begin his career anew. Far from being welcomed as the celebrity who directed and
Orson Welles
Language: en
Pages: 615
Authors: Barbara Leaming
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-07 - Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"...[A] beautifully researched, valuable study of one of America's most influential and mysterious artists. ...[What] makes this book remarkable is Welle's own
Orson Welles
Language: en
Pages: 426
Authors: Charles Higham
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985-09-15 - Publisher: Macmillan

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Radio Programs, 1924-1984
Language: en
Pages: 406
Authors: Vincent Terrace
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-02 - Publisher: McFarland

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is an encyclopedic reference work to 1,802 radio programs broadcast from the years 1924 through 1984. Entries include casts, character relationships, plots