We Were in the Big One Experiences of the World War II Generation,9780842027977

We Were in the Big One Experiences of the World War II Generation

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ISBN13: 9780842027977
ISBN10: 0842027971
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-02-01
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

World War II was truly the largest and greatest conflict in U.S. history. We Were in the Big One: Experiences of the World War II Generation is a collection of diary entries, letters, photographs, and other documents from that era. Carefully sele

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xiii
Preface xv
Introduction 1(6)
Becoming a Soldier
7(48)
To Draft or Not to Draft? -- Views of the American Legion
8(2)
The Average Soldier -- ``Yoo Hoo,'' Comic Corporation of America
10(1)
The Citizen Soldier -- Poem by Lt. Lenhardt E. Bauer, ``The Recruit''
11(1)
Instructions for the Recruit -- American Legion Publication, ``Fall-In''
12(5)
Diary of a Recruit -- Nap Glass, ``A Goldbrick in the USA'
17(9)
Another View -- Letters Home from William H. Herbert
26(2)
A Woman's View -- Letters Home from Jeanne E. Betcher
28(5)
Training for the Sea -- Letters Home from Herbert Eugene Book, Jr.
33(5)
The M1 -- War Department Basic Field Manual 23-5, U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1
38(1)
Advanced Training -- Letters Home from Richard Cipra
39(4)
New Places, New Adventures -- Letters Home from Bruce Carson
43(7)
The Home Folks Worry
50(3)
Letter from First Lieutenant Helen Perrell to Mrs. Helen Lovell
50(1)
American Legion Publication -- ``At Home: All Must Be Well''
51(2)
Sources
53(2)
At the Front
55(46)
Pearl Harbor Diary -- Harold Chutes
56(2)
A Message from the President -- Franklin D. Roosevelt to Members of the United States Army Expeditionary Forces
58(1)
An Airman's Letters -- Letters Home from Ervin J. Cook
58(5)
Flying for the RAF -- Letters Home from Robert S. Raymond
63(9)
Diary of a Sailor -- Richard Thomas Mariner
72(5)
Action in North Africa -- Letter Home from Robert L. Mason
77(2)
Action on the German Front -- Letter Home from Mario Dal Canton
79(1)
Action on the Italian Front -- Diary of Casimer Prunchunas
80(5)
D-Day Recounted -- Letter Home from Alfred F. Birra
85(3)
A Gunner in Germany -- Poem by Chas Riordan, ``The Artillery in Germany''
88(2)
A Combat Nurse in Italy -- Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Mary Fischer, A.N.C.
90(9)
Sources
99(2)
Healing
101(20)
In an Overseas Military Hospital -- Letters Home from Willard H. Fluck
103(3)
A Medico's Point of View -- Letters Home from Harold Porter
106(4)
Wounded in Battle -- Diary of Casimer Prunchunas
110(4)
Informing the Family -- The McKinney Family Saga
114(5)
Sources
119(2)
So That Others May Fight
121(42)
Close Support: Iwo Jima
123(9)
Letter Home from Eugene G. Barber
123(4)
Letter Home from William Bieluch
127(5)
A Merchantman's Tale -- Poem by Ian A. Millar, ``Merchantmen Like Thee''
132(1)
A Red Cross Volunteer in France -- Letters Home from Mary Metcalfe
133(8)
Breakfast for One Hundred -- Recipes from the War Department, ``The Army Cook''
141(2)
Life with the Rear Echelon -- Letter Home from Loren Fred
143(5)
Entertaining the Troops
148(3)
Letter from Lieut. General Jacob L. Devers Accompanying Program Notes of Irving Berlin's This is the Army
149(1)
Letter from an Army Movie Theater Manager
149(2)
WACs
151(9)
A Certain Reputation
151(2)
The Life of a WAC Officer -- Letter to a Friend from Edith M. Davis
153(1)
The Life of a WAC Enlisted Person -- Letter Home from Mildred Karlsen
154(3)
A WAC in Africa -- ``A Day in the WACery''
157(2)
Recognition -- Citation to Accompany the Award of the Bronze Star Medal
159(1)
Sources
160(3)
Since You Went Away
163(28)
Letters to a Wife -- Letters Home from Ervin J. Cook
164(5)
Letters to Parents and Sister -- Letters Home from Bruce Carson
169(4)
A Father's Letter to His Marine Son -- Father to George W Dinning
173(1)
A Father's Letter to His Soldier Son -- M. R. Novak to Henry Novak
174(2)
A Popular Song -- ``Keep the Home Fires Burning''
176(1)
Writing After the Lifting of Censorship -- Letter Home from Harold Porter
177(1)
Wartime Romances
178(5)
Letter from Pat McNabb to Joan Flor
178(2)
Letter from Mary Metcalfe to Mother
180(3)
Letters from a Loving Husband - W. Hildreth to His Wife
183(3)
A Wartime Relationship -- Letters from Betty Klein to George W Dinning
186(3)
Sources
189(2)
The Arsenal of Democracy
191(20)
A Shipyard Worker's Letters to His Son -- Letters from M. R. Novak to Henry Novak
192(5)
American Legion Publication -- ``Venereal Disease: Saboteur of War Manpower''
197(1)
Life at the Office -- Letters from Betty Klein to George W Dinning
198(5)
American Legion Publication -- ``Spare Time''
203(4)
An Appeal to Buy War Bonds -- From Evan Griffith to the Farmers of Kansas
207(1)
Sources
208(3)
In the War's Shadow
211(20)
Air Raid Defense
212(3)
American Legion Publication - ``Air Raid Precaution Services''
213(1)
Reader's Digest Publication - ``A Hobby Goes to War''
214(1)
Living with Rationing
215(5)
Letters from Mother to George W Dinning
215(3)
Letter from Daughter to Henry Novak
218(1)
Newspaper Article -- ``Points for Fats Start Tomorrow''
219(1)
Letter from Mother to William H. Herbert
220(1)
Making Do
220(3)
Publication from the Cotton Spool Company -- ``Make and Mend for Victory''
220(2)
American Legion Publication -- ``Conservation of Natural Resources''
222(1)
Balancing Wartime Needs -- Reader's Digest, ``Essential Civilian Needs Will Be Met'' (by Elsie McCormick)
223(3)
Doing Your Share -- The MacArthur Club Pledge
226(1)
Experience of a Soldier's Family
227(2)
Sources
229(2)
Coming Home
231(42)
How it Looks from Here -- Letter Home from Bruce Carson
233(2)
Counting Points -- Letter Home from Richard Cipra
235(1)
A WAC Waits for Her Ship -- From the Notebooks of Jeanne E. Betcher
236(2)
Passing the Time -- Letter Home from Loren Fred
238(3)
Overseeing the Defeated -- Letters Home from Henry Novak
241(5)
Living a Life on Hold -- Letters Home from Willard H. Fluck
246(4)
Getting to Know the Germans -- Letter Home from Mildred Karlsen
250(1)
The Horrors of War and the Trials of Occupation -- Letters Home from Harold Porter
251(13)
Greetings for the Returning Serviceman
264(7)
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy
265(1)
Pamphlet from the War and Navy Departments, ``Going Back to Civilian Life''
265(1)
CIO Publication, ``When You Come Back''
266(3)
Honoring the World War II Generation -- American Legion Publication, ``August 14! Victory Day for World War II''
269(2)
Sources
271(2)
Epilogue 273(8)
Index 281

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