Finding Your Father's War: A Practical Guide to Researching and Understanding Service in the World War II U.S. Army

A single-volume handbook for researching service in America's World War II Army.
In this fully revised edition of Finding Your Father's War, military historian Jonathan Gawne has written an easily accessible handbook for anyone seeking greater knowledge of their relatives' experience in World War II, or indeed anyone seeking a better understanding of the U.S. Army during World War II.
With over 470 photographs, charts, and an engaging narrative with many rare insights into wartime service, this book is an invaluable tool for understanding our "citizen soldiers," who once rose as a generation to fight the greatest war in American history.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The War in a Nutshell
Section 1: Introduction to Army Units
Section 2: Individual Records
Section 3: Organizational Records
Section 4: Finding Records
Section 5: Tangible Evidence of Service
Appendices