They Say There Was A War (Veterans' Oral History) - Tapa dura

This volume contains 56 oral history accounts of American veterans' experiences fighting in World War II. Representative of the different theaters of the war, the narratives contain remembrances of the attack on Pearl Harbor, numerous battles, air combat, time as prisoners of war, and the tedium of regular military life, among many other experiences. The staff of the Saint Vincent College Center for Northern Appalachian Studies in Latrobe, Pennsylvania (also the publisher) prepared the narratives from taped interviews, diaries, letters, and other materials. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The drama, tragedy and macabre humor of total warfare in World War II is apparent in these stories of those who served in our nation's defining moment of the twentieth century