The interpreter / Alice Kaplan.

Summary:

Draws on the account of World War II French political novelist and court interpreter Louis Guilloux, who witnessed general Patton's example-setting executions of seventy American troops, many of whom the interpreter believed were condemned because of their race.

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Record details

ISBN: 0743254244
ISBN: 9780743254243
Physical Description: xii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Free Press, [2005]
Copyright: ©2005

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-223) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Liberation -- Plumaudan -- Occupation and Resistance -- Liberation -- Interpreter -- James Hendricks -- United States versus Private James E. Hendricks -- Incident -- Court-Martial -- Case Against James Hendricks -- Noemie Bignon's Testimony -- Defense -- Hendricks's Commanding Officer -- Hanging -- Verdicts -- United States versus Captain George P. Whittington -- Lesneven -- George Whittington -- Investigation -- Case Against George Whittington -- George Whittington's Testimony -- Aftermath -- Whittington's Peace -- History and Memory -- Departure -- OK, Joe -- Question -- After the Liberation -- A Visit to Plumaudan -- Soldier Trouble -- A Resting Place for James Hendricks.