false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176996504m/671731.jpg 671731 1 <p>This extraordinary collection of World War II correspondence offers a fascinating look at the lives of an average American family from western Pennsylvania. With all three sons participating in the war, the McClung family members, all remarkably good letter-writers, had ample opportunity to share their thoughts and views on life in the war and on the home front. </p> <p>In the family's small town of Butler, Pennsylvania, Frank McClung was not only a banker but also an air raid warden, a war bond drive solicitor, and a farmer. His wife Mary was president of the local YWCA and sponsored social events for the servicemen and servicewomen stationed nearby, and teen-age daughter Mary Anne helped to support various activities on the home front. The sons' war participation was extensive: Bud, an enlisted man with an anti-aircraft artillery unit in the Battle of the Bulge in Europe; Bob, a Navy pilot and aircraft carrier landing signal officer in the Pacific Theater; and Dick, an aide to the General Counsel of the Navy in Washington, DC. </p> <p>Vivid and detailed, <I>At War and at Home: One Family's World War II Correspondence</I> shares the McClung family's widely ranging views on life, literature, politics, and the conduct of war. </p> 657761 21 2 2007 At War and At Home: One Family's World War II Correspondence total:2|5:2| 2 10 2 1 5 0 false false Sun Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 13 21:22:57 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 21:26:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 12 08:03:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 08:03:24 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=671731