A while back I met a woman on Facebook (can’t even recall when I first saw her posts, she’s just always been there), a person who like me took inspiration from a family member and started a journey to learn more about them and about WW2 history. Julia McCurdy Gimbel writes blogs on Facebook as “Julia Writes WWII” and covers a wide variety of WW2 topics. This love of the historic aspects of the war came from her father’s hand written journal of his time serving in the Pacific Theater. Julia was helping her daughter with a school history project when she found the journal and this discovery could not be ignored. As is the case with most who served and saw combat, her Dad didn’t speak much of his time spent in the Navy. This journal opened up that world to her and sent her on the quest to discover more about him and about the lives of others who shared these wartime experiences. From the Amazon.com website:
“Student, Sailor, Skipper, Survivor goes beyond the often-told battle stories to describe the life experiences shared by millions of Americans serving during WWII. Using her late father's journal as the framework, researcher and author Julia Gimbel fleshes out what it was like to go through accelerated officer training, set sail, and live life at sea during the tumultuous war years. Step into the shoes of one sailor and, by extension, millions more to catch a whiff of the American spirit and determination of WWII. Learn how young Americans navigated military life and connected with their new brothers over the simple pleasure of a meal or a smoke, all while keeping their eye on the goal of returning home to resume the life they put on hold.”
Julia and I have bonded as kindred spirits and I want to wholly support her in getting this book out to others who are interested in what she’s learned. There’s still so much more for all of us to learn about our men and women who served in this tumultuous war, both in the Pacific and European theaters. New and untold stories from this war come to light every day. Children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews wishing to know more about their ancestor are researching, sometimes creating websites and writing books to get these stories out, see that these people are not forgotten. Add this to your must read list of stories shared by the daughter of a man who survived to come home and make his country a better place for his family and friends.
Links for purchase:
Orange Hat Publishing: Click here
Amazon.com: Click here
Barnes and Noble: Click here
-Tammi
*Images used are with permission from Julia McCurdy Gimbel.
“Student, Sailor, Skipper, Survivor goes beyond the often-told battle stories to describe the life experiences shared by millions of Americans serving during WWII. Using her late father's journal as the framework, researcher and author Julia Gimbel fleshes out what it was like to go through accelerated officer training, set sail, and live life at sea during the tumultuous war years. Step into the shoes of one sailor and, by extension, millions more to catch a whiff of the American spirit and determination of WWII. Learn how young Americans navigated military life and connected with their new brothers over the simple pleasure of a meal or a smoke, all while keeping their eye on the goal of returning home to resume the life they put on hold.”
Julia and I have bonded as kindred spirits and I want to wholly support her in getting this book out to others who are interested in what she’s learned. There’s still so much more for all of us to learn about our men and women who served in this tumultuous war, both in the Pacific and European theaters. New and untold stories from this war come to light every day. Children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews wishing to know more about their ancestor are researching, sometimes creating websites and writing books to get these stories out, see that these people are not forgotten. Add this to your must read list of stories shared by the daughter of a man who survived to come home and make his country a better place for his family and friends.
Links for purchase:
Orange Hat Publishing: Click here
Amazon.com: Click here
Barnes and Noble: Click here
-Tammi
*Images used are with permission from Julia McCurdy Gimbel.
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