02642nam 2200589 450 991016271260332120231212114850.00-8214-4592-8(CKB)3710000001033338(MiAaPQ)EBC4791069(OCoLC)1152243155(MdBmJHUP)musev2_99378(EXLCZ)99371000000103333820161001h20162016 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierHome front to battlefront an Ohio teenager in World War II /Frank Lavin ; foreword by Dr. Henry A. Kissinger1st edition.Athens, OH :Ohio University Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (399 pages) illustrationsWar and society in North America0-8214-2255-3 Includes bibliographical references and index."Carl Lavin was a high school senior in Canton, Ohio, when Pearl Harbor was attacked. In his freshman year of college, he joined the reserves, a decision that would take him with the US Army from training across the United States and Britain to combat with the 84th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge. Home Front to Battlefront is the tale of a foot soldier who finds himself thrust into a world where he and his unit grapple with the horrors of combat, the idiocies of bureaucracy, and the oddities of life back home--all in the same day. The book is based on Carl's personal letters, his recollections and those of the people he served beside, official military history, private papers, and more."--Provided by publisher.War and society in North America (Athens, Ohio)SoldiersUnited StatesCorrespondenceJewish soldiersUnited StatesCorrespondenceWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsGermanyWorld War, 1939-1945Personal narratives, AmericanTeenagersOhioBiographyGermanySocial conditions20th centuryAnecdotesCanton (Ohio)BiographySoldiersJewish soldiersWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsWorld War, 1939-1945Teenagers940.541273092BLavin Franklin L.878320Kissinger Henry1923-2023,MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910162712603321Home front to battlefront1960746UNINA