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Volume IX: Homefront/Women at War—The Things Our Fathers Saw [2023]
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In VOLUME 9 of The Things Our Fathers Saw® series, ‘Homefront/Women At War’, we will take an often-overlooked view of the story of World War II. You will visit with the people on the homefront, from schoolkids navigating growing up during the Great Depression and the War, to the women on the factory floor and the armed services, newly independent but having to fight for their rights and later, their jobs, laying the seeds of societal change for the future. You will meet war brides on the ships' decks over the Atlantic, and follow the challenges they faced growing up in a Europe at war, meeting their GIs, and then starting new families in a new environment. Lastly, you will sit down with the displaced children of World War II who struggled to survive as totalitarian thugs marched into and upended their worlds for years to come, but who survived to tell their personal tales of suffering, and express their gratitude, to young Americans who took the time to listen to them.
"If it had not been for the women going out the door, there would have been no spring in 1944."
280 PAGES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S NOTE
THE WATERSHED
PART ONE: WORKING
THE LABOR ACTIVIST
PAY DISCRIMINATION
WARTIME IN THE FACTORY
RECRUITING WOMEN WORKERS
THE UNION
‘WE FELT THE DANGER TO OUR COUNTRY’
‘I’M DOING A GOOD JOB WHERE I AM’
SHIFT WORK SISTERS
‘YOU’RE MORE TALENTED THAN THAT’
THIRTY CENTS AN HOUR
THE LOS ALAMOS SECRETARY
DR. FERMI AND DR. TELLER
‘AS IF IT WAS NOONTIME’
HOME
‘NEVER QUESTIONED ME ABOUT THE BOMB’
THE RESEARCH PHYSICIST
‘NOT ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THE NATURE OF OUR WORK’
‘I LOST TWO BROTHERS’
PART TWO: HOME & SCHOOL
THE SCHOOL TEACHER
DEPRESSION DAYS
‘NOBODY REALLY KNEW’
RATIONING
ENTERTAINMENT
TEACHING
MARRIAGE DURING WARTIME
THE BOYS IN THE WAR
D-DAY
‘THEY JUST WOULDN’T TELL ANYONE’
THE SCHOOLGIRL
THE VICTORY BIKE
SCHOOL
CULTURE AND MUSIC
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
‘WE FELT SO BAD FOR THEM’
THE PEARL HARBOR KID
FAMILY IN PEARL HARBOR
GOING ACROSS THE PACIFIC
PEARL CITY
MARTIAL LAW
‘THEIR HAIR HAD TURNED WHITE’
‘THIS WAS THEIR LAST CHANCE’
‘JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS’
THE END OF THE WAR
BACK IN NEW YORK
PART THREE: SERVICE
US ARMY NURSE, EUROPE
THE DEPRESSION ERA
‘ONCE YOU DO THIS, YOU’RE THEIRS’
PEARL HARBOR
OVERSEAS
NORTH AFRICA AND CORSICA
MT. VESUVIUS
THE END OF THE WAR
‘WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR ME?’
‘THEY ARE MOSTLY GONE’
US ARMY NURSE, PACIFIC
‘I WOULD KILL YOU’
OVERSEAS
HOME
THE WASP
THE WOMEN AIRFORCE SERVICE PILOTS
TRAINING AT SWEETWATER, TEXAS
B-25 TRAINING
TARGET TOWING
DISBANDED
KEEPING IN TOUCH
THE FLIGHT NURSE
‘I DIDN’T WANT TO TELL MY FATHER’
‘WE DIDN’T KNOW WHERE WE WERE GOING’
‘THIS ONE NEEDS ME’
‘A PLANELOAD OF PSYCHOS’
‘WE FLEW THE ENTIRE PACIFIC’
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND AND BETTY GRABLE
THE PHILIPPINES
TARAWA
FOOD
MARRIAGE
THE WORLD WAR II FLIGHT NURSES ASSOCIATION
‘LEAVE ME ALONE’
THE WAVE
THE WAVES
WAVE QUARTERS ONE
MAPWORK
CELEBRITY BOND DRIVE
THE FLAG
AN COSMOPOLITAN WEDDING
INTERESTING PEOPLE
DISCHARGED
THE RECRUITER
AWAY FROM HOME
‘I FEEL RESPONSIBLE HE’S DEAD’
SMALL TOWNS
THE BAND CIRCUIT
FAMILY
BROTHER JACK
THE END OF THE WAR
THE WREN
DOODLE BUGS
LIFE IN ENGLAND
THE GIRL GUIDES
THE WRENS
WAR’S END
‘LIFE HAS CHANGED’
ANTI-WAR
PART FOUR: WAR BRIDES
THE WAR BRIDES
THE ATS
BOMBINGS
‘A LIFE’S SOUVENIR’
VE DAY
THE RIDING SCHOOL
LEADING THE HORSES
AIR RAIDS
THE GIS IN ENGLAND
WAR BRIDE
LONDON
‘SHE’LL NEVER LEAVE ME’
SINGING WITH THE WOUNDED GIS
THE NEW YORK SKYLINE
‘LIFE IN AMERICA WAS VERY DIFFERENT’
PART FIVE: THE DISPLACED
THE REFUGEE
ARREST
SIBERIA
‘I DO NOT THINK I COULD FIND THEIR GRAVES’
EAST AFRICA
TANZANIA
TO THE UNITED STATES
‘WHAT WAR DOES TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN’
THE GERMAN SCHOOLGIRL
‘OUR WAR STARTED’
‘A VERY HARD TIME’
‘THE RUSSIANS WERE REACHING THE BORDER’
DIFFICULT JOURNEY
‘WE LEFT EVERYTHING’
‘THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE TO BLAME’
REBUILDING AFTER THE WAR
THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
THE ARRIVAL OF THE GERMANS
THE WARSAW GHETTO
THE GHETTO UPRISING
BERLIN
‘NO ONE SURVIVED FROM MY FAMILY’
‘I WANTED TO LIVE’
TO THE UNITED STATES
‘I KNOW WHAT WAR IS’
TO KEEP THEM WITH US
NOTES
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What readers say about the series.
Over 2,500 five star reviews across the series![Volume I: Voices of the Pacific Theater—The Things Our Fathers Saw [2015]](http://matthewrozellbooks.com/cdn/shop/products/fs-sm.jpg?v=1589229512&width=300)
My husband is a WW2 buff and has seen about every documentary ever made on the subject. What got him interested was his father and uncles' WW2 war stories. He was pulled into this book right away.
I bought the series because I hoped to find answers to questions I had about my dad. Some of them have been answered along with things I didn't understand about my six uncles.
![Volume VI: The Bulge And Beyond—The Things Our Fathers Saw [2020]](http://matthewrozellbooks.com/cdn/shop/products/bulge-cover-4.jpgsm_f906909e-a9e5-413c-91ff-aeceb3eb23dd.jpg?v=1590222273&width=300)
My Dad served in the 3rd Armored Division, Normandy to Germany. He did not talk about it, it is nice to sit down and read about it. Thank you very much. My Dad, Eugene Harper.
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Could not put this book down. Tears fell as I read pages and I smiled through others. I wish I could articulate the emotions that accompanied me through the stories of these beautiful people.
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I feel like I am sitting in the room with the veteran as he speaks. Very nice series. 3 down, several to go.
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By and large, they're all interesting and capture the experiences of young men thrown into the horrors of a vicious war, but this one is different. It should be required reading for every high school and college age student.
Questions people actually ask.
Do I have to read the series in order?
No. Each volume stands on its own and covers a different theater of the war. Most people start with the one closest to where their own family served.
What exactly does signed mean here?
Matthew signs a decorative bookplate for each volume personally, by hand, and it is adhered inside the front cover. Never autopen. Only available through this store.
Is this a good gift?
It is the most common reason people buy these books. We never print the price on the packing slip.
Are these appropriate for a teenager?
There is no sexualised content, but there is discussion of the violence of war and some swearing in the more emotional passages. Matthew did not censor the veterans. He suggests fourteen and up, high school age, maybe thirteen depending on maturity.
How long does shipping take?
We usually ship within a few days by USPS Ground Advantage, which carries insurance. No same or next day delivery, and no international shipping. Full details on the FAQ page.
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