Home front soldier
Subtitle: the story of a G.I. and his Italian-American family during World War II
By: Richard Aquila.
Contributors: Aquila, Mary.; Aquila, Richard, 1946-
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Aquila, Philip L., d. 1994 -- Correspondence; United States. Army -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence; Italian American soldiers -- Correspondence; Italian American families -- New York (State) -- Buffalo; Buffalo (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Genres: Correspondence.; Personal narratives, American.
Description: While other collections of letters and memoirs from World War II have dealt with upper-class individuals, officers, or college-educated people, Home Front Soldier is the first to explore the life of an ordinary, working-class, first-generation American. This gripping story of a young soldier, Philip L.

Aquila, and his Italian American family during the Second World War includes a detailed introduction, providing historical context to the more than 500 letters that this sergeant wrote to his family back home in Buffalo, New York.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-274) and index.
Letters written by Philip L. Aquila to his family, addressed to his sister, Mary.