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James Alter headed a mid-sized industrial equipment distribution company for many years. He was also president of two national trade associations. More recently, he has been a professional speaker, a trade magazine columnist, and an adjunct professor teaching management on the graduate level. Mr. Alter and his wife live in downtown Chicago.
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"The revival of public interest in WWII is very important. Jim Alter's account of his combat experiences is an excellent personal testament, and should enrich our understanding of that war."
--Studs Terkel
From Campus to Combat
A College Boy Becomes A WWII Army Flier
by James Alter
$13.46 + postage (U.S.)
(10% off the cover price of $13.46!)
isbn: 1891053817
design by Karen Ocker
236 pages
softcover, permanent paper
nonfiction
Books are shipped via the U.S. Postal Service. Expect 3 to 7 days for delivery.
James Alter was a sophomore in college when Japan attacked the United States. He enlisted, and after an Army program that condensed years of training into a few frantic months, was flying over Europe, dodging German gunners in a B-24. Alter proudly recounts the achievements of his heroic generation as he details this "important, but defining chapter" of his early life.
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Further Reading:
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut,The Good War: An Oral History of World War II by Studs Terkel, Bomber Command by Jeffrey L. Ethell.
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