At War and at Home

<p>This extraordinary collection of World War II correspondence offers a fascinating look at the lives of an average American family from western Pennsylvania. With all three sons participating in the war the McClung family members all remarkably good letter-writers had ample opportunity to share their thoughts and views on life in the war and on the home front. </p><p>In the family's small town of Butler Pennsylvania Frank McClung was not only a banker but also an air raid warden a war bond drive solicitor and a farmer. His wife Mary was president of the local YWCA and sponsored social events for the servicemen and servicewomen stationed nearby and teen-age daughter Mary Anne helped to support various activities on the home front. The sons' war participation was extensive: Bud an enlisted man with an anti-aircraft artillery unit in the Battle of the Bulge in Europe; Bob a Navy pilot and aircraft carrier landing signal officer in the Pacific Theater; and Dick an aide to the General Counsel of the Navy in Washington DC. </p><p>Vivid and detailed <I>At War and at Home: One Family's World War II Correspondence</I> shares the McClung family's widely ranging views on life literature politics and the conduct of war. </p>