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1 online resource (470 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of Figures; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Wrightsville, Pennsylvania; INTRODUCTION; PART I: WRIGHTSVILLE: THE HOME FRONT; Chapter 1: Donald "Red" Smith; Chapter 2: Pauline "Sis" Leber; Chapter 3: Mary Jane Dellinger; Chapter 4: Evelyn "Ebs" Myers; Chapter 5: Alfred "Skip" Marcello, Jr.; Chapter 6: Mervin "Merv" Garver; PART II: THE NORTH AFRICAN AND ITALIAN THEATERS; Chapter 7: Staff Sgt. Mervin "Bo" Haugh; Chapter 8: Pfc. Glenn Blouse; Chapter 9: Pfc. Alfred "Bud" Forry; Chapter 10: Pvt. Donald W. Peters; PART III: THE NORTHWESTERN EUROPEAN THEATER. |
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Chapter 11: MSgt. Edward "Tarp" ReisingerChapter 12: Pfc. Lloyd "Lem" Crumbling; Chapter 13: SSgt. Mervin "Bo" Haugh; Chapter 14: Sgt. Charles Kervin "Kirvey" Hake; Chapter 15: Pfc. William "Bill" Haugh; Chapter 16: Cpl. William "Bill" Smeltzer; PART IV: THE PACIFIC THEATER; Chapter 17: Cpl. Jacob W. "Jakie" Snyder; Chapter 18: Electrician's Mate 2d Class Leonard "Son" Bock; PART V: STATESIDE MILITARY SERVICE; Chapter 19: CPO Elmira "Jane" Bock; Chapter 20: Sgt. Charles "Pete" Yeager; PART VI: ARMY OF OCCUPATION: GERMANY. |
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Chapter 21: TSgt. Gerald "Jerry" Johns and Irmgard "Jackie" Stieger-JohnsChapter 22: Pvt. William "Bill" Crumbling; CONCLUSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index. |
| Summary |
Historians acknowledge that World War II touched every man, woman, and child in the United States. In Small Town America in World War II, Ronald E. Marcello uses oral history interviews with civilians and veterans to explore how the citizens of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, responded to the war effort. Located along the western shore of the Susquehanna River in York County, Wrightsville was a transportation hub with various shops, stores, and services as well as industrial plants. Interviews with citizens and veterans are organized in sections on the home front; the North African-Italian, Europ. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Oral history -- Pennsylvania -- Wrightsville (York County)
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Oral history. |
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Pennsylvania -- Wrightsville (York County) |
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Soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- Wrightsville (York County) -- Interviews.
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Soldiers. |
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Interviews.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Pennsylvania -- Wrightsville (York County)
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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Personal narratives -- American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Wrightsville (York County)
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Social aspects. |
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1939 - 1945 |
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Interviews.
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Print version: Marcello, Ronald E. Small Town America in World War II : War Stories from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania. Denton : University of North Texas Press, ©2014 9781574415513 |
| ISBN |
9781574415612 (electronic book) |
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1574415611 (electronic book) |
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1574415514 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781574415513 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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