Title: Home front to battlefront
Description: "Carl Lavin was a high school senior in Canton, Ohio, when Pearl Harbor was attacked. In his freshman year of college, he joined the reserves, a decision that would take him with the US Army from training across the United States and Britain to combat with the 84th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge. Home Front to Battlefront is the tale of a foot soldier who finds himself thrust into a world where he and his unit grapple with the horrors of combat, the idiocies of bureaucracy, and the oddities of life back home--all in the same day. The book is based on Carl's personal letters, his recollections and those of the people he served beside, official military history, private papers, and more."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Correspondence, United States, Military life, Anecdotes, Teenagers, Campaigns, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 84th, American Personal narratives, World War, 1939-1945, Social conditions, Soldiers, United States. Army, Jewish soldiers, Biography, United states, army, military life, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, germany, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, american, Youth, Germany, social conditions
Places: United States, Ohio, Germany, Canton (Ohio)
People: Carl Lavin (1924-2014)
Time periods: 20th century