Home front soldier : the story of a GI and his Italian American family during World War II

Home front soldier the story of a GI and his Italian American family during World War II

"While other collections of letters and memoirs from World War II have dealt with upper-class individuals, officers, or college-educated people, Home Front Soldier is the first to explore the life of an ordinary, working-class, first-generation American. This gripping story of a young soldier,...

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1. Verfasser: Aquila, Philip L. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Aquila, Richard (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Albany, N.Y. State Univ. of New York Press 1999
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Aquila, Philip L. <d. 1994> > United States. > Geschichte 1944-1946 > Alltag, Brauchtum > Weltkrieg (1939-1945) > Italian American families > Italian American soldiers > Soldiers > World War, 1939-1945 > Quelle > Soldat > Heimatfront > USA > Buffalo (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > Biografie
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Zusammenfassung:"While other collections of letters and memoirs from World War II have dealt with upper-class individuals, officers, or college-educated people, Home Front Soldier is the first to explore the life of an ordinary, working-class, first-generation American. This gripping story of a young soldier, Philip L. Aquila, and his Italian American family during the Second World War includes a detailed introduction, providing historical context to the more than 500 letters that this sergeant wrote to his family back home in Buffalo, New York."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:XI, 280 S.
Ill.
ISBN:0791440753
0-7914-4075-3