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The greatest generation speaks [large print] : letters and reflections / Tom Brokaw.

Brokaw, Tom, (author.).

Summary:

These letters and reflections cross time, distance, and generations as they give voice to lives forever changed by war: eighty-year-old Clarence M. Graham, who recounts his harrowing experience as a soldier captured by the Japanese--and provides a gripping eyewitness account of the dropping of the atomic bomb; Patricia Matthews Dorph, a soldier's daughter who shares the love letters her parents exchanged during the war, a lasting legacy of passion, devotion, and enduring love; Rabbi Judah Nadich, the first Jewish chaplain to serve in the war; Lorraine Davis, a civilian who helped form the Club of '44, a group of wartime wives who still meet today. From the front lines of battle to the back porches of beloved hometowns, <i>The Greatest Generation Speaks</i> brings to life the hopes and dreams of a generation who fought our most hard-won victories, and whose struggles and sacrifices made our future possible. -- Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9780375409226
ISBN: 037540922X
Physical Description: xxvii, 432 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: First large print edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, 1999.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

I War Stories 1 -- II Bonds 87 -- III Loss 141 -- IV Faith 193 -- V Reunions 249 -- VI Love Stories 267 -- VII Appreciation 299 -- VIII Children 351 -- IX Lessons 395.