Anglický jazyk

A Yankee Doodle Dandy's Daughter

Vydavateľstvo: Lulu.com
Rok vydania: 2018
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 229 x 152 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9781387494095

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O knihe

As a teenager growing up on a farm near Healdsburg, California, MargeÕs head

was filled with thoughts of proms, pranks and other school activities when the

U.S. abruptly entered World War II. It was a time of great curiosity in equal

measure with fear and a longing for things to return to normal. Her generation

was forced to grow up fast, into a world that was never the same as it had

been. Marge tells of the war years at San Jose State College, virtually an

all-girls school, and her decision to join the Navy WAVES while still in

college. She went off to boot camp at HunterÕs College in New York City

and served on active duty at North Island Naval Air Base in San Diego,

where she updated aeronautical charts for pilots and witnessed the

amazing evolution from piston to jet-powered fighter aircraft.

The book, sprinkled with correspondence between two WAVES,

both working with airplanes, contains many original fighter

plane photos taken by Marge and fellow WAVE, Jean Broadbent.