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Carl Lavin was a higher school mature when Pearl Harbor was attacked. The Canton, Ohio, native enlisted when he turned 18, a choice that would take him with the US Military from training across the United States and Britain to fight with the 84th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge. Home Entry to Battlefront is the story of a foot soldier who finds himself thrust into a global where he and his unit grapple with the horrors of combat, the idiocies of bureaucracy, and the oddities of life back home - all in the same day. It really is predicated on Carl's personal letters, his recollections, and those of the individuals he dished up beside, official armed service history, private paperwork, and more. Home Entry to Battlefront contributes the wealthy information on one soldier's experience to the broader literature on World War II. Lavin's ventures, in turn disarming and sobering, will charm to basic listeners, veterans, educators, and students of the battle. As a brief history, the audiobook offers insight in to the wartime career of any Jewish Ohioan in the armed service, from enlistment to training through international deployment. Being a biography, it reflects the feelings and the role of the average person in a total war work that is all too often regarded as a machine battle in which real human soldiers were basically interchangeable cogs. Released by Ohio University or college Press. "If you want American record, or military record, or just a good narrative yarn, do check out "Home Entry to Battlefront." - Bill Kristol, Regular Standard "Carl Lavin's blended letters and memoir are an invaluable contribution to the literature on the North american G.I.'s activities in World War II." - Peter S. Kindsvatter, writer of American Soldiers: Ground Fight on the globe Wars, Korea, and Vietnam
