Windows on the War : looking into our lives during the era of WWII

Summary: "Personal stories about our experiences by WWII veterans and their families left attending to the home front"--P. [4] of cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780982932308
ISBN: 0982932308
Physical Description: print
viii, 201 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Alexandria, VA : Skipper Tom Publishing, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:

First published by the authors in Traverse City, Michigan, in December 2009.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Freedom hasn't been free / Rosemary Baldwin -- From CCC to sea / George Fritz -- 2 years, 7 months, 11 days / Harry Fuller -- Battle stations, abandon ship / Walter Gallagher -- A journey of a lifetime / Betty Hale -- Flying in the South Pacific / John Huft -- Off to war, a seabee in the Pacific / John Edmond Kelly -- My name is Norman Ainsworth Kline and this is my story / Norman Ainsworth Kline -- Wartime romance makes big news / Mary Lindley -- I was in love when the war started / Frances Manty -- Friendship crosses over many barriers / Gloria Mitchell -- Five stars in our window / Patricia Nelson -- A proud US Army infantry man / Peter Novak -- Reveille to taps: everyday an adventure / Chauncey (Dick) Nunnelley -- My story: a nursing career / Barbara Osborne -- World War II memoir, written in July 2009 / James Preuett -- Memories, none, only nightmares / Albert M. Roberts -- Jack's story / Helen Roster -- A gut feeling he couldn't shake / Lucille Russell -- The Navy doctor / Susan Sayre -- Gold stars / Virginia Smith -- A four-month odyssey / Dorothy Stiegmeyer -- Love, war, and honor / Mary Sykora /-- Spies and darkened windows / Pattie Jo (PJ) Tower -- Dad, Russia, and the World War / Josie Vine -- Military police in a secret city / Ambrose A. Weber -- Editor's note: related stories / John Edmond Kelly -- Once a seabee, always a seabee / Sterling J. Kirk -- Veterans inspirations / Thomas John Kelly -- From foxhole to eagle's nest / John G. Peterson -- 2009: on duty in Normandy, France / Evan Deemer -- Epilogue / Norman Ainsworth Kline.