War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American WarsAndrew Carroll Scribner, 2001 - 493 من الصفحات In 1998, Andrew Carroll founded the Legacy Project with the goal of remembering veterans by preserving their letters for posterity. Since then, more than 50,000 war letters discovered in basements, attics, scrapbooks, and old trunks have poured in from around the country. The best of these letters are assembled in this extraordinary collection, offering unprecedented insight into the Civil War, the First and Second World Wars, Vietnam, Korea, the Cold War, the Persian Gulf, and even the fighting in Somalia and the Balkans. Featured here are dramatic accounts of combat written immediately after the most ferocious battles American troops have ever faced; poignant expressions of love by homesick husbands and sweethearts; humorous anecdotes and gripes about insufferable conditions; thoughtful reflections on the nature of warfare; and perhaps most devastating, a startling number of last letters -- heartfelt messages penned just hours before the sender was killed. War Letters is a testament to the heroic contributions and astonishing literary voices of common soldiers, marines, airmen, and sailors, as well as war nurses, journalists, spies, and chaplains. There are also previously unpublished letters by such legendary figures as William T. Sherman, Clara Barton, Theodore Roosevelt, and Norman Schwarzkopf. War Letters is a lasting tribute to those who have fought for this country, and a celebration of the enduring power and lyricism of personal letters. |
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... casualties from another ship and were going to leave the convoy and come back at full speed to Leyte Bay . While all this was going on we were constantly under attack by the Jap planes . I hate to say this but I didn't think much of the ...
... casualties from another ship and were going to leave the convoy and come back at full speed to Leyte Bay . While all this was going on we were constantly under attack by the Jap planes . I hate to say this but I didn't think much of the ...
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... casualties . The new casualties were practically the same as the other ones . One man had wounds of the head , a punc- tured lung , shrapnel wounds of his legs and was in shock . He had a horrible moan all the time and this bothered me ...
... casualties . The new casualties were practically the same as the other ones . One man had wounds of the head , a punc- tured lung , shrapnel wounds of his legs and was in shock . He had a horrible moan all the time and this bothered me ...
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... casualties were very few because every- one got in bunkers . The only casualties were from the lines on the perimeter of the base from Hill 861. I am writing this as the sun is setting today . I don't know if you will ever receive this ...
... casualties were very few because every- one got in bunkers . The only casualties were from the lines on the perimeter of the base from Hill 861. I am writing this as the sun is setting today . I don't know if you will ever receive this ...
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Foreword by Douglas Brinkley | 33 |
Behind the Lines | 49 |
Abolitionist Aaron Stevens Writing to His Brother | 69 |
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