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{en} Philip L Aquila. Home front soldier: The story of a G.I. and his Italian-American family during World War II. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1999.

Abstract

"While other collections of letters and memoirs from World War II have dealt with upper-class individuals, officers, or college-educated people, Home Front Soldier is the first to explore the life of an ordinary, working-class, first-generation American. This gripping story of a young soldier, Philip L. Aquila, and his Italian American family during the Second World War includes a detailed introduction, providing historical context to the more than 500 letters that this sergeant wrote to his family back home in Buffalo, New York."--Jacket.

Contents

pt. 1.; Introduction: "What Did You Do in the War, Pop?" --; pt. 2.; Letters from a GI on the Home Front, 1944-1946 --; pt. 3.; Epilogue: "So Long and God Bless You All."