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As expansive as it is personal, this chronicle of World War II is a
firsthand account by a journalist and the woman he would marry of
the dramatic events that engulfed the world in the middle of the
twentieth century. The correspondence between Charles Kiley and
Billee Gray also tells the poignant tale of two young people in
love but forced apart by the circumstances of war. Edited by
Charles and Billee's daughter, son, and son-in-law, this
never-before-published compilation of letters is a striking example
of the heroic, call-to-duty spirit that characterized "the greatest
generation." Charles was a soldier-journalist for the U.S. Army's
Stars and Stripes newspaper and reported on the war from London,
Normandy, Paris, Reims, Belgium, and Germany. As the sole reporter
allowed direct access to Eisenhower's staff, he was the only
reporter on the scene when the German high command was negotiating
its unconditional surrender on May 7, 1945. Among his army
newspaper friends and colleagues was Andy Rooney, later CBS
correspondent and 60 Minutes commentator. Billee, like many young
women of her time, witnessed the war years from the home front and
filled vital civilian roles--defense-industry plant worker, Red
Cross volunteer, war bonds salesgirl, and civil defense
plane-spotter--and wrote about it all in her letters to Charles.
Peppered with fascinating details about soldiers' and civilians'
lives, and including Stars and Stripes articles and personal
photographs of the era, Writing the War is both important history
and a tribute to two remarkable people as well as their
extraordinary generation.
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