Red, White, and True Stories from Veterans and Families, World War II to Present / edited and with an introduction by Tracy Crow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crow, Tracy, editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--United States--Anecdotes.

Soldiers.

Veterans' families--United States--Anecdotes.

Veterans' families.

Veterans--United States--Family relationships.

Veterans.

Veterans--United States--Anecdotes.

United States--Military history--Anecdotes.

United States.

United States--Armed Forces--Military life--Anecdotes.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, NB : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of 32 essays written by both veterans and family members describing their experiences from conflicts spanning World War II to Afghanistan.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Editor's Introduction; 1. Welcome to Afghanistan; 2. Above and Beyond; 3. Remembering Forgotten Fliers, Their Survivors; 4. A Psychology of Rumor, a Psychology of War; 5. Panel 30w, Row 15; 6. Past Perfect Tense; 7. Tom; 8. Middle Passage, Morning Watch; 9. The Thirty- Day Project; 10. The Lack of Weight; 11. War Happens; 12. The Wing Shed; 13. Triage; 14. Lead Weight; 15. War Games; 16. False Positive; 17. Prisoners of War; 18. Memory Sky; 19. Breathe through Your Mouth; 20. To Kill, or Not to Kill; 21. How the Military Turned My Father a Genius

22. War Stories23. Hulls in the Water; 24. Proud to Claim the Title; 25. Passages; 26. Letter to a Drowning Soldier; 27. The Intimate; 28. Dependent; 29. Pictures Don't Lie; 30. Tenuous Tethers; 31. Sea Mommy; 32. Growing a Soldier; Contributors; Source Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61234-707-X

OCLC:

891661549