Archives of Memory: A Soldier Recalls World War II

by Alice M. Hoffman and Howard Hoffman

Book Overview

"Tell me about the war" -- these words launched a ten-year project in oral history by a husband-and-wife team. Howard Hoffman fought in World War II from Cassino to the Elbe as a mortar crewman and a forward observer. His war experiences are of intrinsic interest to readers who seek a foot soldier's view of those historic events. But the principal purpose of this study was to explore the bounds of memory, to gauge its accuracy and its stability over...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813192498
• ISBN13: 9780813192499
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher