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Linden Publishing Co Inc - Stories Of Service Volume 2 - - Valley Veterans Remember World War Ii Korea Vietnam And The Cold War - Hardcover
Linden Publishing Co Inc - Stories Of Service Volume 2 - - Valley Veterans Remember World War Ii Korea Vietnam And The Cold War - Hardcover
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Description: Perfectly blending a vast historical scope with intensely individual viewpoints this stirring collection of stories brings a man - on - the - ground perspective to a huge range of military history with stories of a quarter - century of war from nearly every corner of the earth including Europe; the Pacific; mainland Asia; a tense confrontation in Guantanamo Bay during the Cuban Missile Crisis; POW camps in Germany Japan and California; and the San Joaquin Valley home front from the 1940s through the 1960s. These 72 highly individualized narratives of combat military service and the personal sacrifices of war - - penned by ordinary San Joaquin Valley residents and buttressed with more than 100 personal photographs - - bring commentaries from soldiers sailors airmen marines nurses ambulance drivers and civilians. In simple direct and authentic language with stories both horrific and touching this volume perfectly illustrates the personal side of war.
Title: Stories Of Service Volume 2 - - Valley Veterans Remember World War Ii Korea Vietnam And The Cold War
Brand: Linden Publishing Co Inc
Barcode: 9781610350051
Pages: 244 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 12/1/2011
Category: Memoirs
Description: Perfectly blending a vast historical scope with intensely individual viewpoints this stirring collection of stories brings a man - on - the - ground perspective to a huge range of military history with stories of a quarter - century of war from nearly every corner of the earth including Europe; the Pacific; mainland Asia; a tense confrontation in Guantanamo Bay during the Cuban Missile Crisis; POW camps in Germany Japan and California; and the San Joaquin Valley home front from the 1940s through the 1960s. These 72 highly individualized narratives of combat military service and the personal sacrifices of war - - penned by ordinary San Joaquin Valley residents and buttressed with more than 100 personal photographs - - bring commentaries from soldiers sailors airmen marines nurses ambulance drivers and civilians. In simple direct and authentic language with stories both horrific and touching this volume perfectly illustrates the personal side of war.
Title: Stories Of Service Volume 2 - - Valley Veterans Remember World War Ii Korea Vietnam And The Cold War
Brand: Linden Publishing Co Inc
Barcode: 9781610350051
Pages: 244 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 12/1/2011
Category: Memoirs
