Frankel-Y Speaking about WWII in the South Pacific

Stanley Frankel didn't want to be a soldier. But the draft board had different plans. The leader of college protests against the US entering WWII , found himself in the 37th Infantry Division, shipped to the Pacific Theater. While in the army, he wrote journal entries, letters to his dear Irene, and articles that slipped past the censor to publish in papers and magazines in the US while the war was raging. Frankel served from 1941 to 1946, and was then ordered to stay on after the war...
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Stanley Frankel didn't want to be a soldier. But the draft board had different plans. The leader of college protests against the US entering WWII , found himself in the 37th Infantry Division, shipped to the Pacific Theater. While in the army, he wrote journal entries, letters to his dear Irene, and articles that slipped past the censor to publish in papers and magazines in the US while the war was raging. Frankel served from 1941 to 1946, and was then ordered to stay on after the war as part of a team tasked with writing the historical account of his division. After that he became a successful advertising executive, award-winning professor, political speechwriter for national candidates, and beloved husband, father, and grandfather.In this memoir, Frankel recounts his experiences, telling his story interspersed with in-the-moment journals, letters, and articles he wrote while stationed in the Pacific. Take a journey through time with this raw first-hand account, and experience what it was like to be in the jungles and battles of an intense corner of World War II. In his later writings, see the post-World War II world through the eyes of a veteran selected as the official historian of his division. Unforgettable stories leap off the page, from the chilling to the hilarious. Feel the terror as an explosive flies through a window into a huddle of soldiers. Laugh at the account of soldiers delighting in the discovery of an abandoned factory flooded with ice-cold beer. He describes serving alongside Private Rodger Young who gave up his life in New Georgia to save 20 men of his patrol and inspired a song, the Rescue of Bilibid Prison, the battles of Bougainville and Guadalcanal.. This is a book for anyone who has wondered about the realities of combat, the journey of shouldering a duty you did not choose, the experience of being among of the "greatest" of World War II's greatest generation, or anyone who enjoys good honest writing. This edition features a new introduction from Frankel's grandson Adam Frankel, former speechwriter for President Obama.