Cecil's Soldiers: Stories from the World War II Generation

By Jenifer Grindle Dolde

In the quieter days before World War II, the pace of life in small towns and on farms in Cecil County continued much as it had since the turn of the century. For the boys and girls who were born or came of age during the 1920s and 1930s, the Great Depression affected them in ordinary and profound ways. Families cut back, pitched in, and worked hard to maintain their simple way of life, but this was nothing new. What the young people of Cecil County did not anticipate is the challenges they faced during the Depression would prepare them for a time of national crisis. War gave every citizen a new and even more challenging role. They responded reluctantly, bravely, eagerly, fearfully, and patriotically. Little did they know how much their lives and their homes would be changed.

Chapters: Children of the Depression; 29, Lets Go; from North East to Normandy; St. Lo to Brest to Bremen; Caring for Casualties; Sailors & Airmen; Triumph on the Homefront;

soft cover; 68 pages; 5 1/2 X 8 1/2

Type	Cost	Tax	Postage	Total
Non-Member	$6.00	$.30	$1.00	$7.30
Member	$5.00	.25	$1.00	$6.25

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