Wilber’s War (abridged): An American Family’s Journey through World War II

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By Hale Brandt ’52

Published April 12, 2017

Wilber’s War (Van Dorn Books), based on a trove of wartime letters, is the story of two ordinary Americans, Wilber and Norma Brandt, during the extraordinary time of World War II. Hale Brandt ’52 offers fresh, deeply personal insight into the historic conflict as it was fought by the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater and by a family on the home front.

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