| Bennington in World War II Contributor(s): Marro, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467149225 ISBN-13: 9781467149228 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - History | Military - World War Ii - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 6.05" W x 9.02" (0.63 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The attack on Pearl Harbor changed the lives of the people in Bennington in dramatic ways. Almost overnight, men and women--many of them still too young to vote--went from playing basketball, hunting deer, nursing patients at Putnam Hospital and fishing in the Battenkill to parachuting from burning planes, digging foxholes in Italy, tending to the combat wounded and racing across France with Patton's tanks. They landed at Normandy on D-Day, were in the first planes to bomb Berlin, saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima and were captured at the Battle of the Bulge. At home, they bought war bonds, collected scrap and worried about friends and relatives far away. Join local author Anthony Marro as he recounts the service and sacrifice of Bennington's citizens. |