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[Eric]

Thank you. Will do.

[Shawn]

Hello all! This is my belated entry on the welcome thread. I dropped in here back at the beginning of January. I've been busy writing, and editing and proofing and editing and proofing and...

I'm looking forward to catching up on a few discussions here.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Shawn, nice to have you here.

[Eric]

Hi Shawn. Welcome aboard.

Eric

[happy]

Shawn,

Welcome to the Group!!

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Shawn and welcome to the group, what are you writing about?

[Shawn]

Oh, right, should mention that.
Some years ago I read Giangreco's Hell to Pay about the planned invasion of Japan. A bit after that I happened to re-read Guadalcanal Diary. The new book joins those concepts.

It's the journal of a reporter who went around the battlefields of southern Kyushu, visiting with different units and witnessing combat from small tough assaults to giant kamikaze raids.

http://www.xdayjapan.com is the project web site.

[happy]

Shawn,
It looks fascinating - It looks alike a fine addition to the Alt Fiction on the invasion of Japan.

[Colin]

My wife is selling one of her sets of complete Doolittle Raiders authographs. If anyone here is interested, email me at cdheatonii@aol.com. I can send JPEGS. Anne was their official photographer, and she and I are honorary Raiders. We are raising money to get a young Marine who served in Afghanistan with our oldest son, Max, who was on the mission when his best friend was wounded, and who lost both legs and an arm in an IED blast, that wounded everyone else. I also have an old Erich Hartmann signed print, and a few other things.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Not something for me Colin, but I wish you well with the fundraising for someone so badly wounded serving your country.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

I also wish you well on your noble venture and I hope you raise enough funds for such a worthy cause.

[Colin]

Thanks guys.

[Anne]

I'm glad to find this group. My last book, Red Orchestra, was a non-fiction account of the anti-Nazi resistance in Berlin, and now I'm working on a sequel set in Occupied Paris (about a network to rescue Jewish children). I'm always eager to find new materials, so will read the posts here with interest.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Anne, welcome to the site, I'm also glad you have found us as you are bound to have some interesting insights and comments concerning your research. If you like you can post details about your book on our author's page:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Dan and welcome to the group, your must be a proud father with a son in the Marines! You may find some books of interest in our Pacific Theatre thread:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Anne wrote: "I'm glad to find this group. My last book, Red Orchestra, was a non-fiction account of the anti-Nazi resistance in Berlin, and now I'm working on a sequel set in Occupied Paris (about a network to..."

Welcome Anne, nice to have you here. Nice to have another author on the site. I have your book on my shelf and just trying to find a time to squeeze it in.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Dan wrote: "Hi there. I'm interesting in WWII, especially Europe but trying to learn more about the pacific since my son just joined the Marines. I enjoy the subject so much, I've written a couple historical..."

Welcome Dan, nice to have you here. Please pass my thanks to your son for his service!

[happy]

let me add my welcome to Dan and Anne

Welcome, Welcome

[Anne]

Dan wrote: "Hi there. I'm interesting in WWII, especially Europe but trying to learn more about the pacific since my son just joined the Marines. I enjoy the subject so much, I've written a couple historical..."

Hi Dan: I'm more focused on the European theater, but there are two books about the Pacific that made a deep impression on me. One is William Manchester's "Goodbye, Darkness," one of the most powerful memoirs I've ever read. The other is Michener's original "Tales of the South Pacific." (The musical doesn't begin to suggest the richness of his observations, and the writing has a freshness that some of his later works lost.)

[Manray9]

Dan wrote: "Hi there. I'm interesting in WWII, especially Europe but trying to learn more about the pacific since my son just joined the Marines. I enjoy the subject so much, I've written a couple historical..."

Welcome, Dan. Please pitch in!

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Anne wrote: ". The other is Michener's original "Tales of the South Pacific." (The musical doesn't begin to suggest the richness of his observations, and the writing has a freshness that some of his later works lost.)..."

Had a chance to visit one of the local stores yesterday and found Three Great Novels of World War II for 2 bucks. I've read Battle Cry but not the other two. Good reviews out there on Mitchener.

[Doubledf99.99]

Pretty gooood find..

[Anne]

Great find -- and for two bucks! I want to check out the Uris, especially since it was based on his own experience.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Anne wrote: "Great find -- and for two bucks! I want to check out the Uris, especially since it was based on his own experience."

Battle Cry was exceptional if I remember correctly. Hope you enjoy it too.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Anne wrote: "I'm glad to find this group. My last book, Red Orchestra, was a non-fiction account of the anti-Nazi resistance in Berlin, and now I'm working on a sequel set in Occupied Paris (about a network to..."

Welcome to the group Anne.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Dan wrote: "Hi there. I'm interesting in WWII, especially Europe but trying to learn more about the pacific since my son just joined the Marines. I enjoy the subject so much, I've written a couple historical..."

Welcome to the group Dan. From a former British serviceman please pass on my very best wishes to your son for a successful and safe career in the USMC.

[happy]

Mike wrote: "Anne wrote: "Great find -- and for two bucks! I want to check out the Uris, especially since it was based on his own experience."

Battle Cry was excep..."

Great read - one of my two favorite Uris books

[Icy-Cobwebs-Crossing-SpaceTime]

Thank you for your welcome, Rick. I found the group just a couple days ago, via author James Lingard's GR page. History was one of my majors, and my late parent was an MP on the European front, so I grew up introduced to WW II (including its less savory aspects). In the last decade or so I've also developed quite an interest in the Great War and the Korean Conflict/War. I'm regretful to have missed the Eastern Front theme read (Russian and Rastern European history is also an interest, and anything British). I've already discovered a book new to me on the group bookshelf: The Dead of Winter: How Battlefield Investigators, WWII Veterans, and Forensic Scientists Solved the Mystery of the Bulge's Lost Soldiers which I'm eager to peruse.

[Manray9]

Mallory Heart wrote: "Thank you for your welcome, Rick. I found the group just a couple days ago, via author James Lingard's GR page. History was one of my majors, and my late parent was an MP on the European front, so ..."

Welcome, MH. Please don't be shy about pitching in.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Mallory Heart, and thank you for the introduction. We have WWI thread within the group too.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Mallory Heart and welcome to the group, I'm glad you have found a book of interest already, that's a good start :)

[happy]

Let me add my welcome to Mallory Heart

Welcome, Welcome

Lots of good books in the various threads!

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Mallory, wonderful to have you join us. Don't worry about missing an Eastern Front theme read because we are certain to circle back to it soon. It is an under reported war theatre.

[Edgar]

Rick,

Thanks for the welcome. Please forgive my delay in replying. I look forward to learning a great deal.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Welcome to the group Edgar, I hope you find a few things of interest in the various threads.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Edgar wrote: "Rick,

Thanks for the welcome. Please forgive my delay in replying. I look forward to learning a great deal."

Welcome the group Edgar. Please feel free to join in.

[happy]

Welcome to the group Edgar!

[Manray9]

Edgar wrote: "Rick,

Thanks for the welcome. Please forgive my delay in replying. I look forward to learning a great deal."

Welcome, Edgar. Don't be shy!

[Celia]

Hi everyone,

My name is Celia and I live in the UK. I studied Archaeology at university and have an interest in the how people lived in the past. I am an avid reader of most genres, with an emphasis on history (both ancient and modern), crime and science.
I am particularly interested in literature covering both WW1 and WW2, in particular personal accounts from the period. Generally interested in picking up pretty much any book on the subject and am looking forward to picking up some new titles from here!

Celia

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Thought I'd join this group because it finally dawned on me that I have amassed (and continue to do so) and read a fair quantity of WW2 (and WW1) books; always preferring older, hardback, editions, so usually buying from second-hand bricks & mortar shops. Real life is always more extraordinary, always more rewarding, to read about than fiction.

The gulf between War and World War is vast. The mechanical technology of WW2 is understandable. I’m forever discovering some other account, constituent or effect of the theatre of World War that I previously never knew of.

From outright heroism to funk, from profiteering on misery to absolute evil, and every shade between it’s all a very humbling lesson in who us humans are, and what we seek to be.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Celia and ^, I'd like to welcome you both to the group and thank you for your nice introductions. I hope you both enjoy your time here and find a few things of interest.

^, I also love hardbacks and searching through second hand book shops for those little gems tucked away.

[Alan]

Celia wrote: "Hi everyone,

My name is Celia and I live in the UK. I studied Archaeology at university and have an interest in the how people lived in the past. I am an avid reader of most genres, with an empha..."

Hello Celia & welcome to the group. My most recent purchase may interest you. Dancing in Bomb Shelters by Johanna Wycoff. It is the war diary of a teenage girl in Holland, telling of both the German occupation & Allied bombing. Dancing in Bomb Shelters: My Diary of Holland in World War II

[happy]

Let me add my welcome to Celia and ^(interesting handle:))

Please don't be shy.

[Celia]

Aussie Rick, Alan and happy, thank you for the welcome, I look forward to discussing various books and topics in the future!

Alan, Dancing in Bomb Shelters sounds really interesting, thank you for the suggestion. I always think it is interesting to hear a view of the war from a different perspective and from countries that are not always covered in popular literature. I look forward to reading it!

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Hi Celia and ^. Welcome to one of the best groups on GR. Great to have you join us.

[Superangela]

Hi My name is Angela and I'm really glad I joined. Hopefully will get some good tips on what books to read. I am particularly interested in the aftermath and the 'ethnic cleansing' of the Germans from Eastern Europe. Thanks

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome to the group Angela, great to have you here. Jump right in and you are sure to find some suggestions for your area of interest.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Angela and welcome to the group, I'm glad you found us as well :)

[Manray9]

Superangela wrote: "Hi My name is Angela and I'm really glad I joined. Hopefully will get some good tips on what books to read. I am particularly interested in the aftermath and the 'ethnic cleansing' of the Germans ..."

Welcome, Angela. Please feel free to pitch in.

[happy]

Welcome Angela,

As AR and others have said, please fell free to jump into the deep end :)