Looking for book recommendations-war related

[gettysburgfreak]

once I get my book published you can add that to your civil war reading list

[hotreds]

My godmother was one of those who interviewed soldiers returning from the PTO for the Army. Until the day she died she hated and refused to forgive the Japanese for what they did to our fighting men over there. I can only imagine....

[M1903A1]

Originally Posted by hotreds

My godmother was one of those who interviewed soldiers returning from the PTO for the Army. Until the day she died she hated and refused to forgive the Japanese for what they did to our fighting men over there. I can only imagine....

A friend of mine is a longtime jeweler and watchmaker, still working in his 90s. He was in the PTO from Guadalcanal all the way to the Philippines, and he too refuses to forgive the Japanese. He'll talk with them if they come into his shop, but he will not forgive.

Given some of the more unsettling stories he's told me over the years, I can't blame him.

[jcruse64]

Originally Posted by gettysburgfreak

once I get my book published you can add that to your civil war reading list

You may have posted about this elsewhere, but what is your book about, regarding the war?

[gettysburgfreak]

Originally Posted by jcruse64

You may have posted about this elsewhere, but what is your book about, regarding the war?

I have 44 letters of a Civil War surgeon with the 111th and 98th NY infantries. His letters are between 1862 and 1885. He was present at the surrender of Harpers Ferry, the defenses of Washington DC, Gettysburg, and the siege of Petersburg. I edited the letters, wrote background info on who he was, the role of surgeons during the war, as well as how the armies were organized because he mentions a lot of ranks and what not, I figured it would help the reader. I also added a large amount of footnotes on key people, places, events mentioned in the letters.