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Letters From Service Bring Mesmerizing War Tales
A compilation of letters from servicemen and their families describes life in Europe and the Pacific during 1944 45. Calvin Hales in Austria writes of baking bread and Alpine scenery while awaiting reassignment and Pfe Keith Bell recounts the Leyte Manila and Rhineland campaigns and the hardships endured by engineers building bridges and guarding prisoners. The letters convey longing for home and vivid scenes of liberation and danger.
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New York Harbor
Liverpool
England
Wargrave
France
London
South Hampton
Omaha Beach
Renes
St. Lo
Hshaublans-Montereau
Paris
Napoleon’s Castle
Arion
Belgium
Klerf
Luxembourg
Arlon
Htalla
Wellen
Maseek
Go. C
O. K
Gallien
Holland
Born
17Th Cavalry
Gallen
Waubach
Bolland
Heerlen
Burgdorf
Chemnitz
Kolau
Germany
Hide River
Gardelegen
Handstedt
Aittle
Colombes
Pfe
Keith C. Bell
New York
N. Y