The Forgotten Generation: American Children and World War II

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The Forgotten Generation ≤ The Forgotten Generation † † † † † † † † † † † † † † † † † † American Children and World War II Lisa L. Ossian ≤ University of Missouri Press Columbia and London University of Missouri Press Columbia and London Copyright © 2011 by The Curators of the University of Missouri University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65201 Printed and bound in the United States of America All rights reserved 5 4 3 2 1 15 14 13 12 11 Cataloging-in-Publication data available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-8262-1919-0 This paper meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48, 1984. Design and composition: K.Lee Design & Graphics Printing and binding: Thomson-Shore, Inc. Typefaces: Palatino and Trebuchet Chapter 4, “Junior Commandos,” is adapted from a chapter in Lisa M. DeTora, ed., Heroes of Film, Comics, and American Culture: Essays on Real and Fictional Defenders of Home, © 2009 by permission of McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, NC 28640. To Roger and Susan Ossian, my parents, fans, and critics ...