Roles

Edited by Michael J. Birkner, with Grace Gallagher '22 and Rachel Main '22

Document Type

Book

Files

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Description

Based on a body of 700 oral history interviews archived at Gettysburg College, Democracy's Shield relates the American military experience through the voices of those who served – from early awareness of the conflict in Europe and East Asia to the dropping of the atomic bomb, victory, occupation and homecoming.

The text is illustrated with images of artifacts from the library's Special Collections.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Portents of War
Pearl Harbor
Draft Status and Volunteering
Exams, Induction, Training
Heading to the Front
Attitudes about the Enemy
Race, Gender and the War Effort
GI Joe
Aboard Ship
Up in the Air
Medical Experience
Leisure Activity
Connections with Home
European Theater
D-Day
Pacific Theater
Experience of Battle
POWs
Death Camps
Atomic Bomb
Occupation
Going Home
Reflections
The Interviewees
Note on Sources
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Society
War in Focus
Credits and Illustrations
Donors

ISBN

9780578307404

Publication Date

2022

Publisher

Musselman Library

City

Gettysburg, PA

Department 1

Library

Department 2

History

Comments

For a donation of $22 (plus $3 per copy for shipping) to the Newbould Fund for oral history, Musselman Library will send you a copy of Democracy's Shield.

To pay with:

  • Credit card: Follow the link to the Newbould Fund for oral history on our secure server. Indicate that you would like a copy of Democracy's Shield.
  • Check: Download the Order Form (PDF) listed above.

Democracy's Shield: Voices of WWII

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