A thousand letters home : one WWII soldier's story of war, love and life : the WWII correspondence of Aarol W. "Bud" Irish

Resource Information

The work A thousand letters home : one WWII soldier's story of war, love and life : the WWII correspondence of Aarol W. "Bud" Irish represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Marcellus Twp Wood Memorial Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

A thousand letters home : one WWII soldier's story of war, love and life : the WWII correspondence of Aarol W. "Bud" Irish

Title remainder

one WWII soldier's story of war, love and life : the WWII correspondence of Aarol W. "Bud" Irish

Statement of responsibility

compiled, edited, and with an introduction and closing chapters by Teresa K. Irish

Title variation

• 1,000 letters home
• One thousand letters home
• WWII correspondence of Aarol W. "Bud" Irish

Creator

• Irish, Aarol William, 1922-2006

Contributor

• Irish, Teresa K

Subject

• Louisiana maneuvers.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany
• Soldiers -- Michigan | Saginaw -- Correspondence
• Saginaw (Mich.) -- Genealogy
• Camp Maxey (Tex.) -- History, Military -- 20th century
• United States, Army | Infantry Division, 102nd -- Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Texas
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
• Irish family -- Correspondence
• Irish, Aarol William, 1922-2006 -- Correspondence

Genre

• Biography
• Correspondence
• Personal narratives, American
• Genealogy

Language

eng

Summary

"On May 26, 2006, one month and one day after her father's death, Teresa Irish raised the lid on the Army trunk that had resided in the family home her entire life. There, nestled in row after row, were her dad's nearly 1,000 handwritten letters from World War II. Carefully tucked away and visited only by him over the course of six decades, the letters were postmarked from November, 1942 to December, 1945. In the top left corner of each was the signature of the sender, Aarol W. "Bud" Irish. The fragile and yellowed pages were addressed to Bud's parents and to the sweetheart who would later become his wife, Elaine Marie Corbat. From lonesome, moonlit nights listening to the Hit Parade, to the foxholes and front lines in Germany where Bud would receive the Silver Star and the Purple Heart, to correspondence from the heartbroken mothers whose sons died by his side, 'A Thousand Letters Home' is a moving and historic story of life and loss, hope and perseverance, unwavering faith and true love."-- Provided by publisher

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

no index present

LC call number

D769.31 102nd

LC item number

I75 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography