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Women in World War II: RADIO memoir rated high

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A judge in the 2018 Writer’s Digest self-published book competition awarded 96 percent of  (29 of 30) available rating points to Radio: One Woman’s Family in War and Pieces, by Alice H. Green (1913-1982) and Peter H. Green. This contemporaneous memoir concerns the role of women in World War II …

Women, unsung wartime heroes

Book Review / Peter H. Green. Writer / War and the HomefrontLeave a comment

On Veterans Day, in this “year of the woman,” it’s important to remember that  World War II was a turning point in American social history. Nineteen million women joined the workforce while their men were away in military service. They made uniforms, boots and K-rations; tanks, amphibious craft, jeeps, ships, …

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