Army Gi, Pacifist Co: The World War II Letters of Frank Dietrich and Albert Dietrich

by Albert Dietrich and Frank Dietrich

Book Overview

Frank and Albert Dietrich were identical twins whose lives took very different directions during World War II. Drafted into the Army Air Corps and trained as a radio operator, Frank was shipped to the Philippines in 1945, where as a sergeant in the Fifth Air Force he prepared for the invasion of Japan. Albert, a pacifist, struggled mightily to become a conscientious objector and spent two years building dams, saving farmland, and helping the poor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823223787
• ISBN13: 9780823223787
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"