Letters to Mildred: From a WWII Pilot in the CBI

Letters to Mildred from a WWII Pilot in the CBI is a vivid and personal World War II story as seen through the eyes of a newly enlisted young college teenager who wrote these letters to his girlfriend. Their romance developed over the same time that Pete was trained as a pilot and deployed by the United States Army Air Corps. Overseas, stationed in India and China, he told his true-life story of flying, living in billets and tents, and the tolls of war with heart rending losses. Receiving letters written by Mildred became his lifeline. Told from his perspective, the firsthand experience of the war unfolds first from the USA and later in the China-Burma-India theater fighting against the Japanese. Pete was Co-Pilot of B-24 Liberator bombers on missions in Southeast Asia and even flying over “The Hump” (the Himalayas) to China. The letters share the romance of this young couple and their love that sustained them during their isolation from each other. Interspersed within this collection is World War II history focused especially on the most overlooked theater of the war against the Japanese in China, Burma, and India. The letters are the essence of this book. They are exactly quoted just as they were written more than seventy-five years ago. The originals are handwritten on nearly transparent, thin, fragile airmail paper. The letters are authentic, even with inappropriate manners of speech and frequent misspellings and grammatical errors. This book includes the collection of World War II love letters saved by Mildred Elizabeth Uhl from Howard Peter Fauerby and a few letters from friends and family set within a historical presentation to place them in context from 1942 through 1945.
ASIN: B08CPLDRSK
VSKU: BVV.B08CPLDRSK.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Vitek, Dr. Susan B.|Fauerby, Howard Peter
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.