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Up Here...: A 10th Mountain Soldier's Letters Home 1943-1945
Written to his mother during his training and subsequent WWII action in Italy, Ted's letters show a sense of humor and reflect the language and attitudes of the early 1940's.These letters serve as a small part of the history of the 10th Mountain Division seen through the eyes of a patriotic 19-year old volunteer, Theodore Gordon Hoople. They document the daily life of the 10th from training through combat over a period of two and a half years and emerge as a coming-of-age chronicle.Truly a slice of life from those times.
242 pages, Paperback
Published November 4, 2020
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May 7, 2021MWSA Review
In Up Here... A 10th Mountain Soldier's Letters Home 1943-1945, author David Hoople has put together a fitting tribute to his father, Theodore "Ted" Hoople (1924-1976). After a short introduction, which provides useful scene-setting information, the book includes a series of personal letters describing Ted Hoople's military service during World War II. Most of the letters were written by the author's father, but the book also includes correspondence by other family members reacting to Ted's stint in the Army's 10th Mountain Division.
The letters begin in March of 1943, as Ted goes through rigorous military training in various stateside locations. The family correspondence continues as Ted deploys to the European theater in January of 1945. Ted sees action in the Apennine mountains of Italy, where he is wounded in April of that year. Ted's letters continue during his service in northern Italy, Yugoslavia, and Austria after the Germans surrendered in May of 1945.
Up Here is a fine compilation of letters depicting the service of a member of America's "greatest generation," and serves as a wonderful addition to the Hoople family's history.
Review by John Cathcart (April 2021)
In Up Here... A 10th Mountain Soldier's Letters Home 1943-1945, author David Hoople has put together a fitting tribute to his father, Theodore "Ted" Hoople (1924-1976). After a short introduction, which provides useful scene-setting information, the book includes a series of personal letters describing Ted Hoople's military service during World War II. Most of the letters were written by the author's father, but the book also includes correspondence by other family members reacting to Ted's stint in the Army's 10th Mountain Division.
The letters begin in March of 1943, as Ted goes through rigorous military training in various stateside locations. The family correspondence continues as Ted deploys to the European theater in January of 1945. Ted sees action in the Apennine mountains of Italy, where he is wounded in April of that year. Ted's letters continue during his service in northern Italy, Yugoslavia, and Austria after the Germans surrendered in May of 1945.
Up Here is a fine compilation of letters depicting the service of a member of America's "greatest generation," and serves as a wonderful addition to the Hoople family's history.
Review by John Cathcart (April 2021)
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