LEADER 03365nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910818673203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8232-4810-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000233618 035 $a(EBL)3239702 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000686559 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11453545 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000686559 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10734440 035 $a(PQKB)11420579 035 $a(OCoLC)811403318 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15035 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3239702 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10586760 035 $a(OCoLC)923763907 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3239702 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000233618 100 $a20090903d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLetters to Lee $efrom Pearl Harbor to the war's final mission /$fJames V. Edmundson ; edited by Celia Edmundson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cFordham University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 225 0$aWorld War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8232-3096-1 327 $aRandolph and March Fields, 1936-39 -- Territory of Hawaii, 1940-42 -- The South Pacific, 1942-43 -- Washington, D.C. ; Marietta, Georgia ; Salina, Kansas, 1943 -- China-Burma-India, 1944-45 -- Tinian, 1945. 330 $a"In his 36 years of military service, Lt. General James V. Edmundson had over ten thousand hours of pilot time in 137 types of airplanes. In addition to 107 combat missions in World War II, he led 32 combat missions in Korea and 42 in Vietnam. Two years after General Edmundson's death in 2001, his daughter Celia discovered a trunk of his letters and was particularly fascinated with the correspondence between her father and mother, Lee. This very personal story is told through chronological vignettes, letters, and newspaper and magazine articles of the period. The vignettes were written in 2000; the letters begin in 1939 in the beautiful Territory of Hawaii. The two are interwoven and provide detailed descriptions of the conditions both before and after the U.S. entry into the war. Correspondents from the United Press and Newsweek who accompanied Edmundson on combat missions enrich the story. Letters to Lee is a first person account of two of the heroes of World War II and of the love that they shared across the years and miles. They lived their lives with integrity and courage, one example of this great generation and this incredible period in time."--From publisher description. 410 0$aWorld War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American 606 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$vCorrespondence 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American. 615 0$aSoldiers 676 $a940.54/4973092 700 $aEdmundson$b James V$g(James Valentine),$f1915-2001.$01714004 701 $aEdmundson$b Celia$01714005 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818673203321 996 $aLetters to Lee$94107446 997 $aUNINA