Finding Your Father's War: A Practical Guide to Researching and Understanding Service in the World War II U.S. Army

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A single-volume handbook for researching service in America's World War II Army. In this fully revised edition of Finding Your Father's War, military historian Jonathan Gawne has written an easily accessible handbook for anyone seeking greater knowledge of their relatives' experience in World War II, or indeed anyone seeking a better understanding of the U.S. Army during World War II. With over 470 photographs, charts, and an engaging narrative with many rare insights into wartime service, this book is an invaluable tool for understanding our "citizen soldiers," who once rose as a generation to fight the greatest war in American history. Table of Contents Introduction The War in a Nutshell Section 1: Introduction to Army Units Section 2: Individual Records Section 3: Organizational Records Section 4: Finding Records Section 5: Tangible Evidence of Service Appendices Cover Book Title Copyright Contents Introduction to the third Edition Note on sources The war in a nutshell Section 1 Introduction to army units Section 2 Indivudual records Section 3 Organizational records Section 4 Finding records Section 5 Tangible evidence of service Appendix A: The infantry and airbornes divisions in world war II Appendix B: The armored and cavalry divisions in world war II Appendix C: Army groups, armies and corps in world war II Appendix D: Major army commands of world war II1 Appendix E: The army air forces in world war II Appendix F: Vehicle markings in world war II Appendix G: The campaigns of world war II Appendix H: Official abbrevations used in world war II Appendix I: The green books and select biblography Appendix J: Draft classification Appendix K: Concentration camp "liberator" units Appendix L: Common MOS definitions