Army GI, Pacifist CO

The World War II Letters of Frank Dietrich and Albert Dietrich

Szerző: Frank Dietrich, Albert Dietrich

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Kiadó: Fordham University Press

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Frank and Albert Dietrich were identical twins whose lives took very differentdirections during Worl...

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Szerző

Frank Dietrich, Albert Dietrich

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2005

oldal

408

EAN

9780823223787

ISBN

0823223787

Enbook ID

04940658

Kiadó

Fordham University Press

Súly

699

Méretek

159 x 235 x 33

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Frank and Albert Dietrich were identical twins whose lives took very differentdirections during World War II. Drafted into the Army Air Corps and trained asa radio operator, Frank was shipped to the Philippines in 1945, where as a sergeantin the Fifth Air Force he prepared for the invasion of Japan. Albert, a pacifist,struggled mightily to become a conscientious objector and spent two yearsbuilding dams, saving farmland, and helping the poor at Civilian Service Campsin South Dakota, Iowa, and Florida.Raised in a close, religious, Pittsburgh family, Frank and Albert were inseparable asboys, sharing a strong social conscience. Divided by war, they kept in touch bywriting hundreds of letters to each other. The correspondence concerns everythingfrom the daily drudgery of service-loneliness, lousy food-to heartfelt debatesabout war, peace, and patriotism.This absorbing selection of letters offers fresh perspectives on the Americanexperience during World War II. The first published correspondence betweenGI and CO brothers, the letters are an uncommonly articulate chronicle of militaryservice and life on the home front, including GI marriage and parenthood. Backand forth, Frank and Albert also argued about the uses of armed force and pacifistnonviolence in the face of fascism and Nazism.Frank Dietrich's letters from Manila are vivid descriptions of a liberated city underan uneasy occupation. Albert provides an insider's view of the pacifist experience,especially the protracted efforts pacifists often had to wage to obtain CO status.Together, the letters bring to life different ways Americans chose to serve theircountry during one of its most dangerous and demanding times.

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