| Description |
xi, 318 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-311) and index. |
| Contents |
And the war came -- Women serving in the Armed Services and with the Red Cross -- Normandy : "Operation Overlord" -- Europe -- The Pacific scene -- Tragedy at sea -- German POW camps -- Liberation -- Japanese POW camps -- Luck, fate, providence, and guardian angels -- The softer side of war -- The lighter side of war -- The home front -- The home front : the good and the sad -- The atom bomb and V-J Day -- Home at last -- The aftermath of war -- The later years -- A collage of memories. |
| Summary |
The stories of some 400 men and women who, though they experienced the war in widely different ways, were all profoundly affected by it. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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| ISBN |
9780313344787 (alk. paper) |
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0313344787 (alk. paper) |
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