Becoming an Army wife at 18; surviving multiple assignments; thirteen pregnancies; and a bad heart by the time she was 43; Louise faced the nearly overwhelming task of keeping her family together after the death of her husband and the departure of seven of her sons to combat overseas in World War II. Her letters; recently found in an attic; tell a terrible tale of illness; worry; and family problems set against the unfolding history of war. This book was transcribed and edited by Louise's grandson; LTC (ret) Allen V. Murphy. Louise raised him from his fourth to ninth year; nearly a thirteenth child according to his aunts and uncles.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Emotional read. Gives me an appreciation for my ancestors ...By Joe LeonEmotional read. Gives me an appreciation for my ancestors and everything they went through.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. but I am disappointed in the 100 or so pages I've read so ...By Sondra S. EttlingerI have not finished reading the book; but I am disappointed in the 100 or so pages I've read so far. My entire family came from Drohitchin; but left in the late 1890s. I had hoped the book would aid me in my Genealogical Family search. So far; the book has reviewed only a small segment of the population; and has yielded almost no information about the period in which I am most interested. There are numerous typographical errors; duplicate paragraphs here and there; etc. and I am disappointed that the book was so poorly edited for these small annoying errors. So far; it is no more than a diary of a small segment of the town's population with redundant writings about the same events by different writers.
