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050 00 $aD774.T53$bC38 2020
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100 1 $aCatton, William R.,$cJr.,$d1926-2015,$eauthor.
245 12 $aA young sailor at war :$bthe World War II letters of William R. Catton Jr. /$cedited by Theodore Catton.
246 30 $aWorld War II letters of William R. Catton Jr.
264 1 $aKent, Ohio :$bThe Kent State University Press,$c[2020]
300 $axiv, 246 pages, [20] pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"While a number of published collections of World War II letters are available to readers, few rise to the level of war literature. But A Young Sailor at War: The World War II Letters of William R. Catton Jr. is remarkable for the narrative skill, exuberance, and candor of its letter writer, and for his youthful but thoughtful commentary. Edited by his son Theodore, Catton's letters give us a truly intimate look into an essential piece of history. William R. Catton Jr. volunteered for navy service on his 17th birthday and served as a plane handler on board the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga from August 1944 through the end of WWII. He learned how to rebuild an aircraft engine and fire a .50-caliber machine gun before he was 18 and made two voyages across the Pacific and saw a year of combat before he was 20. He was wounded in a devastating kamikaze attack in January 1945, and he was on deck to watch the sunrise on Mount Fuji when the Ticonderoga entered Tokyo Bay after the Japanese surrender eight months later. Bill was a prolific correspondent who displayed a wide-eyed sense of adventure and a self-conscious pride in being a witness to history. Upon returning home, his sea stories mostly went untold, his Purple Heart medal went into a box of mementos never to be shown, while his letters from the war-carefully saved by his mother-went unread until after his death, when his son began to examine them. Interestingly, Bill Catton went on to become a sociologist well known for his work on the environment and human ecology."--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aNaval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois -- Naval Air Technical Training Center, Navy Pier, Chicago -- Naval Air Gunners School, Hollywood, Florida -- Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia -- USS Ticonderoga, the First Voyage -- USS Ticonderoga, the Second Voyage.
600 10 $aCatton, William R.,$cJr.,$d1926-2015$vCorrespondence.
610 20 $aTiconderoga (Antisubmarine warfare support aircraft carrier)
610 10 $aUnited States.$bNavy$vBiography.
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650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American.
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650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zPacific Area.
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647 7 $aWorld War$d(1939-1945)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01180924
648 7 $a1939-1945$2fast
655 7 $aPersonal correspondence.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919948
655 7 $aPersonal narratives$vAmerican.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01424071
700 1 $aCatton, Theodore,$eeditor.
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