Victor Cleary

From Somewhere in France Victor Cleary

Between 1939 and 1945, the south central Ohio farming community of Clarksburg gave forth 222 of its sons and daughters to war. This muster roll amounted to almost one in every five of the area's residents. From the author of Clarksburg's Courageous: World War II, and Ohio Medal of Honor: World War II, comes From Somewhere in France, a one-of-a-kind collection of letters written by Clarksburg's young men and women of service, stitched together chronologically into common themes regularly discussed with family and friends in Ross County. Stirring content from nearly 200 wartime letters take readers on a journey through training, transition overseas, combat, furloughs, occupational duty and full circle back home. Following the parallel journeys of 70 Clarksburg airmen, sailors, paratroopers, and GI's, the book provides unique first person accounts through the entire war from every corner of the globe. Experience camp life in the United States, daylight bombing raids over Europe, battlefield operations from Normandy to Okinawa, letters from German POW camps, an eyewitness account of the retaking of Corregidor, and unique, personal reactions to the Holocaust and the atomic destruction of Hiroshima - all described in first person and recorded in real time by the village's young adults before their return home.