03048nam a2200397 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003700112020003400149040002100183035002100204043001200225050002400237082002300261100005600284245014100340250001200481260004900493300004200542440005900584505021100643520120200854533015202056600007202208650005702280650005502337650004502392655002902437700002202466710001702488856012602505999001902631ebr10586760CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||090903s2010    nyuaf   s     000 0deng d  z  2009036161  z9780823230969 (cloth alk. paper)  z0823230961 (cloth alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)811403318  an-us---14aD811b.E3224 2010eb04a940.54/49730922221 aEdmundson, James V.q(James Valentine),d1915-2001.10aLetters to Leeh[electronic resource] :bfrom Pearl Harbor to the war's final mission /cJames V. Edmundson ; edited by Celia Edmundson.  a1st ed.  aNew York :bFordham University Press,c2010.  axi, 222 p., [16] p. of plates :bill. 0aWorld War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension0 aRandolph and March Fields, 1936-39 -- Territory of Hawaii, 1940-42 -- The South Pacific, 1942-43 -- Washington, D.C. ; Marietta, Georgia ; Salina, Kansas, 1943 -- China-Burma-India, 1944-45 -- Tinian, 1945.  a"In his 36 years of military service, Lt. General James V. Edmundson had over ten thousand hours of pilot time in 137 types of airplanes. In addition to 107 combat missions in World War II, he led 32 combat missions in Korea and 42 in Vietnam. Two years after General Edmundson's death in 2001, his daughter Celia discovered a trunk of his letters and was particularly fascinated with the correspondence between her father and mother, Lee. This very personal story is told through chronological vignettes, letters, and newspaper and magazine articles of the period. The vignettes were written in 2000; the letters begin in 1939 in the beautiful Territory of Hawaii. The two are interwoven and provide detailed descriptions of the conditions both before and after the U.S. entry into the war. Correspondents from the United Press and Newsweek who accompanied Edmundson on combat missions enrich the story. Letters to Lee is a first person account of two of the heroes of World War II and of the love that they shared across the years and miles. They lived their lives with integrity and courage, one example of this great generation and this incredible period in time."--From publisher description.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.10aEdmundson, James V.q(James Valentine),d1915-2001vCorrespondence. 0aWorld War, 1939-1945vPersonal narratives, American. 0aWorld War, 1939-1945xAerial operations, American. 0aSoldierszUnited StatesvCorrespondence. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aEdmundson, Celia.2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10586760zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c107748d107748