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The War Comes to Me:
An Autobiographic History of World War II
 
by John Burgess
 
A Merriam Press Original Publication
Military Monograph MM94
 
One soldier's story of the war as seen from his point of view. The early war years on the home front while still in high school, getting drafted in 1943 and basic training, assigned as a guard at a camp for POWs from the Tunisian campaign, ASTP, and assignment to Bermuda through the end of the war.
 
Contents
  • Prologue
  • The Americans View the Danger
  • A New Recruit
  • The Basic Training Ordeal
  • Maggie’s Drawers
  • Tactical Training
  • Prisoners of War from the Tunisian Campaign'
  • A Remarkable Opportunity—The Army Specialized Training Program
  • Another Basic and Awaiting Assignment
  • T.S P.O.E.
  • Arrival in Bermuda
  • “What da’ I Know. I’m a Cook.”
  • An Army Hospital Ship is Hung up on a Reef
  • Bermuda Buddies
  • Supply Sergeant Burgess
  • My Obsession with Flying
  • The War in Europe Comes to a Close
  • Going After Japan
  • After the Atomic Bomb
  • Epilogue
  • A Chronology of World War II
Specifications
  • First Edition (January 2007)
  • 170 - 6 x 9 inch pages
  • Paperback ISBN 978-1-57638-346-9
    • Perfect bound, full-color wrap-around cover
  • Hardcover ISBN 978-1-57638-347-6
    • Blue linen cover with title stamped in gold on spine, full-color dust jacket
  • PDF file on CD disc is a complete copy of the book including the cover images in a single PDF file
  • 49,000 words
  • 33 B&W photos

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