An American Family in World War II

Minker, Ralph; O'Connell, Sandra; Butowsky, Harry

ISBN 10: 1595710817 / ISBN 13: 9781595710819

Published by Word Association Publishers, 2020

About this Item

2020 World Ass Publ Signed by harry Butowsky and inscription to prove owner by wife of Ralph Minker Book is in fine and unread/never read condition. Cove is clean and spine is smooth. Prompt shipping.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An American Family in World War II
• Publisher: Word Association Publishers
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1595710817
• ISBN 13: 9781595710819
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good++
• Weight: 19 ounces

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Synopsis

On the morning of December 7, 1941, life for families across America was forever changed by events over which they had no control, but were to witness and play a part. An American Family in World War II is the moving story of one of those families — told largely in their own words. When Ralph “Lee” Minker Jr. entered U.S. Army Air Cadet training in 1943, he began a correspondence with his parents and two teenage sisters; letters that describe the rigors of pilot training and ultimately his life at “this air base I call home,” as he flew 37 combat missions over Nazi Germany. The letters from the family members to Lee bring a vibrant reality to the home front — rationing, bond drives, and the daily tension of war — through the people who lived it. Woven together with commentary by the editors, this is an intensely personal and richly detailed account of life in America during the harrowing days of WWII.