War Makes Men of Boys: A Soldier's World War II

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War Makes Men of Boys H Copyright© 2013 by Katherine I. Miller Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition This paper meets the requirements of ANSI / NISO Z39.48-1992. (Permanence of Paper) Binding materials have been chosen for durability. o ♻ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Miller, Katherine, 1959– War makes men of boys : a soldier’s World War II / Katherine I. Miller.—1st ed. p. cm.—(Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 140) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60344-770-6 (book/cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 1-60344-770-9 (book/cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-1-60344-774-4 (ebook)—ISBN 1-60344-774-1 (ebook)—ISBN 978-1-60344-815-4 (book/pbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 1-60344-815-2 (book/pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Miller, Joe T. (Joe Ted), 1925–2006. 2. Miller, Joe T. (Joe Ted), 1925–2006—Correspondence. 3. Soldiers—United States—Biography. 4. United States. Army. Infantry—Biography. 5. World War, 1939–1945—Veterans— Illinois—Biography. 6. World War, 1939–1945—Personal narratives, American. I. Title. II. Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 140. U53.M558M55 2012 940.54′1273092—dc23 [B] 2012016467 H To Oscar, Irene, Dorothy, and Judy his first family To Margaret his wife of fifty-three years To Mary, Barbara, and Ann, —who, with me, are the family they created— To Mike, Stosh, Jim, and Gary the men his daughters married To Katie, Dan, Samantha, Monika, and Kalena grandchildren for the future And most of all To Bud, and the man he became ...