Letters from the greatest generation : writing home in WWII

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Letters from the greatest generation : writing home in WWII

edited by Howard H. Peckham & Shirley A. Snyder ; foreword by James H. Madison

Indiana University Press, c2016

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Letters from fighting Hoosiers

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Letters from fighting Hoosiers

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"Originally published as Letters from fighting Hoosiers by Howard H. Peckham and Shirley A. Snyder, Indiana War History Commission, 1948."

Includes index

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Victory and defeat, love and loss are the prevalent realities of Letters from the Greatest Generation, a remarkable and frank collection of World War II letters penned by American men and women serving overseas. Here, the hopes and dreams of the greatest generation fill each page, and their voices ring loud and clear. "It's all part of the game but it's bloody and rough," wrote one soldier to his wife. "Wearing two stripes now and as proud as an old cat with five kittens," marked another. Yet, as many countries rejoiced on V-E Day, soldiers were "too tired and sad to celebrate." While visiting a German concentration camp, one man wrote, "I don't like Army life but I'm glad we are here to stop these atrocities." True to the everyday thoughts of these fighters, this collection of letters can be as amusing as it is worrying. As one soldier noted, "I know lice don't crawl so I figured they were fleas." A fitting tribute to all veterans, this book is one every American should own and read.

目次

Foreword 1. Pearl Harbor and Bataan 2. Training Camps 3. North Africa 4. Italy 5. England 6. France 7. Germany 8. V-E Day and After 9. Alaska and the Aleutians 10. Southwest Pacific 11. Central Pacific and the Philippines 12. China-Burma-India 13. The Ryukyu Islands and Japan 14. After V-J Day Index

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