Letters Home WWII PB

368 pages of, not just WWII history but also with human interest research, with photos, diagrams, etc., that supports historical facts researched around 88 letters Martin Paulson wrote home during WWII. It has insights into his family; what life was like during war from 1943-1946; answers why there was a war; follows the life of a soldier from the process of the draft, the trials of basic training, troop transport ships, the waiting, the training, battle, ....and so much more! There are day-to-day declassified battle notes of Martin's Infantry division during the Battle of Okinawa, the story of the orphan pictured on the cover, and many new historical "gems".