- Summary
- Tells the story of a young couple in love during World War II, and the difficulties they faced both at war and on the home front.
- Series
- Excelsior editions
Excelsior editions.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Miller, Leo, 1915-1990, author.
- Published
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018]
©2018
- Locale
- Western Front
United States
Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
- Contents
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Introduction
Part I. Training: Induction: Camp Upton, Long Island, New York, May 7-20, 1973 ; Basic training: the first six months: Camp Shelby, Mississippi, May 21-November 20, 1943 ; Basic training: the second six months: Camp Shelby, Mississippi, November 21, 1973-June 4, 1944
Part II. Overseas: To the front: on the USS Wakefile, June 5-13, 1944: Camp Barton Stacey, England, June 13-July 7, 1944 ; Somewhere in France, somewhere in Belgium: Betty Lou and the breakout from Normandy, July 9-September 11, 1944 ; Somewhere in Holland, somewhere in Germany: mid-September through mid-December 1944 ; The Battle of the Bulge: Ardennes, Belgium, mid-December 1944 through January, 1945
Part III. Recovery: The long road home, January 25-May 1, 1945 ; The final phase: recovery: May 2, 1945-June 15, 1946 ; Epilogue: life after the war, 1946-1994.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Miller, Diana F., author.
Fox, Elizabeth L., 1944- editor.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Part I. Training: Induction: Camp Upton, Long Island, New York, May 7-20, 1973 ; Basic training: the first six months: Camp Shelby, Mississippi, May 21-November 20, 1943 ; Basic training: the second six months: Camp Shelby, Mississippi, November 21, 1973-June 4, 1944 -- Part II. Overseas: To the front: on the USS Wakefile, June 5-13, 1944: Camp Barton Stacey, England, June 13-July 7, 1944 ; Somewhere in France, somewhere in Belgium: Betty Lou and the breakout from Normandy, July 9-September 11, 1944 ; Somewhere in Holland, somewhere in Germany: mid-September through mid-December 1944 ; The Battle of the Bulge: Ardennes, Belgium, mid-December 1944 through January, 1945 -- Part III. Recovery: The long road home, January 25-May 1, 1945 ; The final phase: recovery: May 2, 1945-June 15, 1946 ; Epilogue: life after the war, 1946-1994.
