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Lee Kennett provides a vivid portrait of the American soldier, or GI, in World War II, from his registration in the draft, training in boot camp, combat in Europe and the Pacific, to his final role as conqueror and occupier. It includes the ""greetings"" from Uncle Sam; endless lines in induction centres across the country; the unfamiliar and demanding world of the training camp, with its concomitant jokes, pranks, traditions and taboos; and the comparative largess with which the Army was outfitted and supplied. Here we witness the GI facing combat: the courage, the heroism, the fear, and perhaps, above all, the camaraderie - the bond of those to survived, the tragic sense of loss when a comrade died. Finally, when the war was over, the GIs frequently experienced clumsy, hilarious and explosive interactions with their civilian allies and with the former enemies whose countries they now occupied.

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Lee Kennett (1931-2011) was Professor of History at the University of Georgia. Among his many books are For the Duration . . . : The United States Goes to War, Pearl Harbor-1942, A History of Strategic Bombing, and Marching through Georgia: The Story of Soldiers and Civilians during Sherman?s Campaign.

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