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050 0 0 _aD811.A2
_bB746 1998
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100 1 _aBrokaw, Tom.
245 1 4 _aThe greatest generation /
_cTom Brokaw.
260 _aNew York :
_bRandom House,
_cc1998.
300 _axxx, 412 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aGENERATIONS -- THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES -- ORDINARY PEOPLE: Thomas and Eileen Broderick: Insurance Agency Owner; Charles O. Van Gorder, MD: Surgeon; Wesley Ko: Printing Business; James and Dorothy Dowling: Highway Superintendent; Rev. Harry Reginald "Reg" Hammond: Anglican Priest; Lloyd Kilmer: County Clerk and Real Estate Executive; Gordon Larsen: Powerhouse Operator; John "Lefty" Caulfield: School Principal. -- HOME FRONT: Charles Briscoe: Boeing Engineer; Dorothy Haener: UAW Organizer. -- HEROES: Bob Bush: Lumber and Building Supply Business; Joe Foss: U.S. Marine Corps Pilot; Leonard "Bud" Lomell: Lawyer. -- WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND OUT: Mary Hallaren: Colonel, U.S. Army, Women's Auxiliary Corps; Jeanne Holm: General, U.S. Air Force; Marion Rivers Nittel; Claudine "Scottie" Lingelbach: Teacher/Real Estate Agent; Alison Ely Campbell; Margaret Ray Ringenberg: Women's Air Force Service Pilot; Mary Louise Roberts Wilson: U.S. Army Nurse Corps. -- SHAME: Martha Settle Putney: History Professor; Johnnie Holmes: Real Estate Investor; Luis Armijo: Schoolteacher; Nao Takasugi: California State Assemblyman; Norman Mineta: California Congressman. -- LOVE, MARRIAGE, COMMITMENT: John and Peggy Assenzio: Salesman/Teacher; The Dumbos; Gaylord and Carrie Lee Nelson: Governor and Senator; Jeanette Gagne Norton; Daphne Cavin. -- FAMOUS PEOPLE: George Bush: President of the United States; Ben Bradlee: Journalist; Art Buchwald: Writer; Andy Rooney: Journalist; Julia Child: Chef; Gertrude Belle "Trudy" Elion: Chemist; Chesterfield Smith: Attorney, President of the American Bar Association; Al Neuharth: Founder, USA Today; Maurice "Hank" Greenberg: CEO, American International Group. -- The Arena: Mark Hatfield: U.S. Senator; Robert Dole: U.S. Senator, Presidential Candidate; Daniel Inouye: U.S. Senator; Caspar Weinberger: Secretary of Defense; Lloyd Cutler: Counsel to Presidents Carter and Clinton; George Shultz: Cabinet Member; Arthur Schlesinger: Historian; Ed Guthman: Journalist, Press Secretary to Robert F. Kennedy. -- The Twilight of their Lives.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xPersonal narratives, American.
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