Mac, Brandy and Me World War II: Memories of a Soldier - Hardcover

Jules EBlitz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1477289135 ISBN 13: 9781477289136

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2014

Synopsis

This is the story of my life from ages eighteen to twenty-one, serving as an infantry soldier and radio operator in the European Theater during those years of combat against Germany during World War II. I am now eighty-six, looking back to those eventful years and remembering history. I grew up in the Bronx in New York in a wonderfully mixed neighborhood, full of Italian, Jewish, Polish, and Irish people and attended POS 89 along with all the other kids. We all walked to school together tossing a ball around and at times causing mischief, especially with a farmer and his goat along the way. Prejudice wasn't a word we know. At eighteen, in the early forties, I enlisted in the army and began a whole new life. These are some of my most vivid memories from that time. It is about a friendship that was formed with two other soldiers who I met at Camp Wheeler by sheer coincidence; we went into combat together and became lifelong friends: one Italian, one Jewish, and the other Irish. We fought together, laughed together, cried together, and bonded. We were kids who became soldiers together and never lost the kinship we had found. Lord, how I miss them both. England, France, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia-where else could an eighteen-year-old go free of charge, and with all his friends, too? And being on a huge passenger liner to boot ... well, there were a few problems but hey, that's the way it was. This is dedicated to those few of us who are still here and to all who didn't make it.

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About the Author:

Jules Blitz was born in 1925 in New York City, New York. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1943 on his eighteenth birthday. During World War II, he served as an infantryman and radio operator through three campaigns in France and Germany, ending in Czechoslovakia. He served as a private and was a tech sergeant at the war's end. He received an honorable discharge in 1946, and for his service to our country, he was awarded two Battle Stars, a Combat Infantry Badge, a Good Conduct Medal, and a Bronze Star. He received a BA from New York University in 1948. He was married in 1950 to Barbara and they recently celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary. He also has 3 sons, Brian, Roger and Scott as well as a daughterin-law Jodi. There are 4 wonderful grandchildren, Ryan, Ari, Staci and Erin. Upon his return from the war, he resided in Washington, DC, and then moved to Maryland. He was CEO of Pridemark Homes in Maryland for forty years.

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1477289135
• ISBN 13: 9781477289136
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 100