No Forgotten Fronts: From Classrooms to Combat

by Lisa K. Shapiro

Book Overview

At the beginning of World War II, professor Lauren Post, San Diego State College, asked his students entering military service to write to him. Thousands of letters arrived from places like Pearl Harbor, North Africa, and Normandy, beginning with the salutation, "Dear Doc," and describing vivid accounts of training, combat, and camaraderie. Pilots wrote about seeing planes shot down. Men in POW camps sent word about the location of other prisoners...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1682472728
• ISBN13: 9781682472729
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"