Remembering The Good War: Minnesota's Greatest Generation

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Remembering The Good War MinnesoTa’s GreaTesT GeneraTion ThoMas saylor MinnesoTa hisTorical socieTy Press iii Publication of this book was supported by a generous grant from PCL Construction Services, Inc.©  by the Minnesota historical society. all rights reserved. no part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, write to the Minnesota historical society Press,  Kellogg Blvd. W., st. Paul, Mn -. www.mhspress.org The Minnesota historical society Press is a member of the association of american University Presses. Manufactured in the United states of america           A The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the american national standard for information sciences—Permanence for Printed library Materials,  .‒. international standard Book number --- (cloth) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data remembering the Good War : Minnesota’s greatest generation / Thomas saylor. p. cm. includes bibliographical references and index.  --- (casebound : alk. paper) 1. World War, –—Minnesota. 2. World War, –—Personal narratives, american. 3. Minnesota—Biography. 4. Minnesota—history— – 5. oral history. i. saylor, Thomas, – ..  .8—dc  Maps on pages xxii and xxiii by Matt Kania, Map hero, inc. images on pages , , , , , , , , and  are from Minnesota historical society collections. Unless otherwise noted, all other illustrations are from private collections. Permission to use poem on pages – granted by Ken Firnstahl Book design and composition by diane Gleba hall iv ...