Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir Series. Volume 1, 1942-1943: A World War II Chronicle. The beautiful and amazing love letters written by an Irish woman and an American soldier from Lockport, New York, during World War II. This is the first of three volumes and covers 1942-43. Very detailed coverage of how the war affected these two and the people around them. 58 photos and documents.

I'll Be Back When Summer's in the Meadow

Ippolito, Melanie A.

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Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir SeriesThe beautiful and amazing love letters written by Muriel Mitchell, an Irish woman, and Raymond Friscia, an American Army sergeant during World War II.Very detailed coverage of how the war affected these two and the people around them.This is the first of three volumes and covers the years 1942-43.ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1942Muriel MitchellJanuary 1943February 1943March 1943April 1943May 1943June 1943July 1943August 1943September 1943October 1943November 1943December 194360 photos, letters, envelopes, documentsThe AuthorMelanie Ippolito lives in upstate New York with her husband Len. Their two grown sons and many of their extended family live close-by, and she still has ties to her cousins in Northern Ireland. Melanie is a graduate of the University at Buffalo with a BA in Sociology. She has worked in a number of public libraries throughout the years. This World War II Chronicle series are her first books.

I'll Be Back When Summer's in the Meadow: A World War II Chronicle, Volume 1, 1942-1943

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Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir Series.In January of 1944 the United States was preparing for its invasion of France.The author's father, an aviation student in the United States Army Air Corps, was in his final months of training at North Carolina State College in Raleigh, North Carolina.Her mother, his fiancée, impatiently awaited his return, from her home in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Since mid-July of 1943 they had neither seen nor spoken to one another. Their only contact was their written letters and infrequent telegrams.Their story continues in Volume 2.This is the second of three volumes of the beautiful and amazing love letters written by an Irish woman and an American soldier from Lockport, New York, during World War II.Their story continues with very detailed coverage of how the war affected them and the people around them during 1944.ContentsIntroductionJanuary 1944February 1944March 1944April 1944May 1944June 1944July 1944August 1944September 1944October 1944November 1944December 194480 photos, letters, envelopes, newspaper clippings

I’ll Be Back When Summer’s in the Meadow: A World War II Chronicle, Volume II, 1944

Volume 1, 1942-1943: A World War II Chronicle. The beautiful and amazing letters written by a woman living in Belfast, Northern Ireland and an American soldier from Lockport, NY during World War II. This is the first of three volumes and covers 1942-43. Very detailed assessment of how the war affected them the people around them. 60 photos and documents

I'll Be Back When Summer's in the Meadow: A World War II Chronicle Volume I 1942-1943

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In this concluding volume, the war in Europe is winding down and at last comes to an end-but there was another war to be fought-in the Pacific. As Ray and Muriel continue with their struggle to meet, they are faced with a seemingly endless array of new obstacles and challenges. In September of 1945 they finally do come together, are married and able to take a brief honeymoon. They were separated again for another seven months-until Muriel made her way over to the States on the U.S.A.T. Henry Gibbins, with a contingent of War Brides, in April of 1946. 87 photos and documents.

I'll Be Back When Summer's in the Meadow: A World War II Chronicle Volume III 1945-1946