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

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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

Acknowledgments

xiii

Preface

Introduction

(6)

Becoming a Soldier

(48)

To Draft or Not to Draft? -- Views of the American Legion

(2)

The Average Soldier -- ``Yoo Hoo,'' Comic Corporation of America

(1)

The Citizen Soldier -- Poem by Lt. Lenhardt E. Bauer, ``The Recruit''

(1)

Instructions for the Recruit -- American Legion Publication, ``Fall-In''

(5)

Diary of a Recruit -- Nap Glass, ``A Goldbrick in the USA'

(9)

Another View -- Letters Home from William H. Herbert

(2)

A Woman's View -- Letters Home from Jeanne E. Betcher

(5)

Training for the Sea -- Letters Home from Herbert Eugene Book, Jr.

(5)

The M1 -- War Department Basic Field Manual 23-5, U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1

(1)

Advanced Training -- Letters Home from Richard Cipra

(4)

New Places, New Adventures -- Letters Home from Bruce Carson

(7)

The Home Folks Worry

(3)

Letter from First Lieutenant Helen Perrell to Mrs. Helen Lovell

(1)

American Legion Publication -- ``At Home: All Must Be Well''

(2)

Sources

(2)

At the Front

(46)

Pearl Harbor Diary -- Harold Chutes

(2)

A Message from the President -- Franklin D. Roosevelt to Members of the United States Army Expeditionary Forces

(1)

An Airman's Letters -- Letters Home from Ervin J. Cook

(5)

Flying for the RAF -- Letters Home from Robert S. Raymond

(9)

Diary of a Sailor -- Richard Thomas Mariner

(5)

Action in North Africa -- Letter Home from Robert L. Mason

(2)

Action on the German Front -- Letter Home from Mario Dal Canton

(1)

Action on the Italian Front -- Diary of Casimer Prunchunas

(5)

D-Day Recounted -- Letter Home from Alfred F. Birra

(3)

A Gunner in Germany -- Poem by Chas Riordan, ``The Artillery in Germany''

(2)

A Combat Nurse in Italy -- Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Mary Fischer, A.N.C.

(9)

Sources

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

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