LEADER 03045nam 2200469 450 001 9910819346603321 005 20170918161916.0 010 $a1-63388-105-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000478805 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001556490 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16181091 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001556490 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12407814 035 $a(PQKB)10841571 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5900032 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000478805 100 $a20191024d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWriting the war $echronicles of a World War II correspondent /$fedited by Anne Kiley and Thomas Pellechia ; with David Kiley 210 1$aAmherst, New York :$cPrometheus Books,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (360 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-63388-104-0 330 2 $a"As expansive as it is personal, this chronicle of World War II is a firsthand account by a journalist and the woman he would marry of the dramatic events that engulfed the world in the middle of the twentieth century. The correspondence between Charles Kiley and Billee Gray also tells the poignant tale of two young people in love but forced apart by the circumstances of war. Edited by Charles and Billee's daughter, son, and son-in-law, this never-before-published compilation of letters is a striking example of the heroic, call-to-duty spirit that characterized 'the greatest generation.' Charles was a soldier-journalist for the U.S. Army's Stars and Stripes newspaper and reported on the war from London, Normandy, Paris, Reims, Belgium, and Germany. As the sole reporter allowed direct access to Eisenhower's staff, he was the only reporter on the scene when the German high command was negotiating its unconditional surrender on May 7, 1945. Among his army newspaper friends and colleagues was Andy Rooney, later CBS correspondent and 60 Minutes commentator. Billee, like many young women of her time, witnessed the war years from the home front and filled vital civilian roles--defense-industry plant worker, Red Cross volunteer, war bonds salesgirl, and civil defense plane-spotter--and wrote about it all in her letters to Charles. Peppered with fascinating details about soldiers' and civilians' lives, and including Stars and Stripes articles and personal photographs of the era, Writing the War is both important history and a tribute to two remarkable people as well as their extraordinary generation"--$cProvided by publisher. 676 $a940.54/1273092 686 $aHIS027100$aBIO025000$aHIS037070$2bisacsh 700 $aKiley$b Charles$f1913-2001$01665514 702 $aKiley$b Anne$f1950- 702 $aPellechia$b Thomas$f1945- 702 $aKiley$b David 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819346603321 996 $aWriting the war$94024175 997 $aUNINA