This Was Your War

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this was your war Edited by Frank Brookhouser Benito Mussolini once wrote that "war alone brings up to its highest tension all humán energy and puts the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to face it." THIS WAS YOUR WAR brings together somé of the greatest stories of World War II to form an evocative picture of war in all its horror and grandeur. Here is hand-to-hand combat on a Pacific island, the ominous rumble of Germán tanks in Normandy, the frustration of KP in boot camp, the weariness that came after hours of close-order drill in basic training and the loneliness of the after-duty hours. Here are almost one hundred selections from America's best wartime literature including Ernie Pyle's (continued on the back flap)
(continued from the front flap) sympathetic account of the life of the foot solclier, as weil as Aclmiral Harley Cope's story of "A Sub Against Destroyers." From Walter Lord's "Death Comes to Pearl Harbor" to stories about the return home of... Tovább

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this was your war Edited by Frank Brookhouser Benito Mussolini once wrote that "war alone brings up to its highest tension all humán energy and puts the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to face it." THIS WAS YOUR WAR brings together somé of the greatest stories of World War II to form an evocative picture of war in all its horror and grandeur. Here is hand-to-hand combat on a Pacific island, the ominous rumble of Germán tanks in Normandy, the frustration of KP in boot camp, the weariness that came after hours of close-order drill in basic training and the loneliness of the after-duty hours. Here are almost one hundred selections from America's best wartime literature including Ernie Pyle's (continued on the back flap)
(continued from the front flap) sympathetic account of the life of the foot solclier, as weil as Aclmiral Harley Cope's story of "A Sub Against Destroyers." From Walter Lord's "Death Comes to Pearl Harbor" to stories about the return home of both the living and the dead, THIS WAS YOUR WAR is an exciting book-a book for all the men who were in the war and for the families who longed for their return. It is, says Frank Brookhouser, "a scrapbook, a memory book, a nostalgia book." FRANK BROOKHOUSER, the editor, in addition to being the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin's most popular columnist, is alsó the author of nearly 400 stories, poems, and articles. He wrote the candid and colorful OUR PHILADELPHIA and, more recen tly, edited THESE WERE OUR YEARS, a look at the twenties and thirties. Vissza