The Other Veterans of World War II reviewed by ARMY Magazine
Feb 10th, 2021
Rona Simmons’ The Other Veterans of World War II: Stories from Behind the Front Lines is reviewed by ARMY Magazine.
“… Sixteen million men and women were mobilized for the fights in Europe and the Pacific. Yet most of them never fired a shot in anger, serving in noncombat positions behind the front lines.
In The Other Veterans of World War II: Stories from Behind the Front Lines, author Rona Simmons offers 19 accounts of those who served in less visible roles. Often overlooked in histories of the war, Simmons shows that noncombat veterans “served just as proudly and proved every bit as instrumental in winning the war. … They, too, have stories to tell.”
The daughter of a World War II fighter pilot, Simmons spent years locating and interviewing veterans and their children, supplementing their personal experiences with additional research to present a wider view of the war and the people who fought it. … All nineteen did their part and served as proudly as any combat soldier or sailor,” Simmons writes. She has done a great service by bringing their stories to the public in this book.—ARMY Magazine
