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Their Letters Home: A Snapshot of World War II
Their Letters Home A Snapshot of World War II Author:Scott D. Trostel 5x7, 260 pages, b/w photos. — "A compelling book of WW II through the eyes and voices of the local men and women who were there. From Pearl Harbor to the surrender of Japan, the men and women of Miami County were there. They wrote of their war front experiences. From North Africa to Normandy, from Bataan to Okinawa by land sea and air, over 5,000... more » from Miami County maintained ties back home through the letters they penned.
These letters bring the personal side of war back to Miami County. Away from home and subjected to circumstances of battlefields, it was that pen and paper that brought the world situation to a personal level.
Letters came from boot camps, from ships and bombers headed for battles, from the battlefields, field hospitals and even Prisoner of War camps.
PARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS: THE WAR: NORTH AFRICA AND THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS; DECEMBER 7, 1941PEARL HARBOR; BOOT CAMP; THE LONG TRAIN RIDE; HEADING TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY; ONLY A LETTER; NORTH ATLANTIC DANGERS; SAILING OFF FOR WAR; TURNING THE TIDE OF WAR IN NORTH AFRICA; THE GERMAN SURRENDER IN NORTH AFRICA; A CHAPLAIN'S LIFE; COMPARING THE CASUALTIES OF WAR; A REALITY ABOUT FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM; PRELUDE TO THE ATTACK ON BARI, ITALY; THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS IN ITALY 1943; FLYER RESCUED IN GERMAN HELD TERRITORY; THE NORMANDY BEACHHEAD ON D-DAY; NORMANDY FROM A BATTLESHIP; A NORMANDY GLIDER CRASH; THE V-1 BUZZ-BOMBS OVER ENGLAND;
BATTLES ACROSS FRANCE, BELGIUM and HOLLAND; OPERATION MARKET GARDEN; THE BATTLE OF HURTGEN FOREST; SGT GRACE LEWIS WRITES FROM PARIS DEC 44; THE SIEGE OF BASTOGNE; HOMEFRONT SOLDIER REUNIONS; HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLYN...« less