Letters to Lida
Subtitle: World War II told through the eyes, heart and words of a B-29 tail-gunner
By: Charlene Briggs
Publisher: Epigraph Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Rhinebeck, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9781936940967
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Personal narratives; Fathers and daughters; Mothers and sons; Armed Forces; Aerial gunners
Other titles: World War II told through the eyes, heart and words of a B-29 tail-gunner
Description: Letters to Lida is an historical account of World War II in the words of B-29 tail-gunner, Staff Sergeant David Lemal. The story is based on 150 letters David wrote to his mother, Lida, during the war and his reflections, as he read those letters to his daughter, nearly seventy years later.
Table of contents: title: War is never over; title: The groundhog cemetery; title: Muskrats, guns and airplanes; title: Off to War; title: 150 original letters to Lida with letter transcriptions and soldier's reflections; title: A daughter's contemplation.