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At the beginning of World War II, professor Lauren Post, San Diego State College, asked his students entering military service to write to him. Each month, for four years, Dr. Post excerpted the letters and mailed the Aztec News Letter around the world. These intimate, first-person accounts capture honest, in-the-moment reactions to war that resound with heartache and gratitude.  Shapiro brilliantly captures the stories of men and women from one college who met the call to service, and vividly outlines a lesson in the value of communal connection. Through these true stories, the reader is immersed in the entire spectrum of emotion experienced by service members around the world, and their loved ones during World War II. Much like Dr. Post's efforts to keep a community bonded, Shapiro connects us with their words across time's boundary." -Derek Abbey, 23-year Marine Corps veteran, higher education specialist, expert researcher, and Board Member with the BentProp Project, active in locating, identifying, and recovering POW and MIA Americans from World War II and other conflicts"With much of the World War II generation having passed away, these letters are invaluable in giving those of us who have come after an opportunity to again appreciate the effort and sacrifice made on our behalf, as well as the viewpoints of those who lived through the destruction and life's disruption of the world's greatest conflict. For a look at an academic segment of American society in the 1940s, this volume is recommended." -The Journal of America's Literary Past18 Naval Institute Press hardcover. 380 pages. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4".