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THE WARS OF OUR GENERATION TTHE WWARS OF OOUR GGENERATION BY MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR MEN’S CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II AND THE KOREAN WAR. 2004 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PROJECT CHAIRMAN: Chip Forbes EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Alvie Smith START-UP COMMITTEE: Tom Clapp, Chip Forbes, Dick Golze, Don Grant, Alvie Smith, Tom Van Voorhis EDITOR GROUP: Chairman, Dick Judy; Dick Davis, Al Fleming, Chip Forbes, Jack Harned, Harold Jackson, Bruce McCristal, Paul Pentecost, John Reddy, Alvie Smith PHOTOS: John Dudash COVER DESIGN: Jim Crabb COPY EDITING AND LAYOUT DESIGN: Lee Trumbull, The Community House MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION: Jim D’Allemand, Jerry Heller, Marvin Malik, Tom Shipley, Bill Sprague PROMOTION OF SALES: Co-Chairmen, John Reddy and Alvie Smith; Harold Jackson, Tom Van Voorhis SPECIAL THANKS: Dr. Jane Karolyn Vieth, who reviewed the prefaces to World War II and the Korean War, is a member of the History Department of Michigan State University. She teaches, gives seminars and has published articles on World War II. Baldwin Public Library provided valuable research on World War II and the Korean War. PRINTER: KTD Printing Associates, Madison Heights, Michigan Copyright © 2004 Senior Men’s Club of Birmingham All Rights Reserved DEDICATION The history of nations is scarred by many wars. When nations war, it is the young men and women in the “flower of their youth” who are called to do the fighting, and also to perform all of the support activities for military operations. The 1940s and early 1950s were the years of youth for members of the Senior Men’s Club of Birmingham who have contributed to this book.
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