{"id":36,"date":"2012-01-20T17:19:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T00:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/?p=36"},"modified":"2014-01-29T13:48:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T20:48:27","slug":"just-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/just-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Just released! Montana&#8217;s Home Front During World War II, 2nd Ed."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Montana\u2019s Home Front During World War II, 2nd ed.\" href=\"http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/my-books\/montanas-home-front-during-world-war-ii-2nd-ed\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12\" title=\"MTHF2coversm\" alt=\"Montana's Home Front During World War II\" src=\"http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/MTHF2coversm.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a>Get Your Copy of<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Montana\u2019s Home Front During World War II, 2nd Edition<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 Look for it in a bookstore near you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Published by Big Elk Books 2012<br \/>\nebook versions available at Amazon.com and Barnes &amp; Noble<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This compelling account of Montana\u2019s contribution to the war effort covers personal stories, local politics, industry, agriculture, education, sports, and social life during the upheaval of a world-wide conflict. Montana&#8217;s Home Front During World War II is the tale of ordinary citizens who came together to support their sons and daughters overseas, and the tens of thousands of residents who left the Treasure State to serve their country in the military and defense plants. Those who remained planted Victory Gardens, purchased record amounts of war bonds, and endured the hardships brought about by war-time shortages and rationing. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This highly-readable account is the most comprehensive look at Montana during the early 1940s, and the tremendous sacrifices made by ordinary people to support their country in time of war. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Originally published in 1994, this revised edition of the classic <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Montana\u2019s Home Front During World War II<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">includes many rare and previously unpublished photographs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Features:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The training of the First Special Service Force \u201cDevil\u2019s Brigade\u201d at Fort Harrison. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The construction of Malmstrom Air Force Base and the Great Falls based Lend-Lease operation to aid the Soviet Union.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The experience of hundreds of Italian and Japanese civilians who languished behind barbed wire at the Fort Missoula Detention Center.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The hellish fighting encountered in the jungles of New Guinea and the Philippines by the 163rd Infantry Regiment (Montana National Guard).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The terrors of night combat as the crew of the USS <\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Helena<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> battled Japanese ships in the treacherous waters near Guadalcanal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Look inside the<a title=\"Look inside the book\" href=\"http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/my-books\/montanas-home-front-during-world-war-ii-2nd-ed\/look-inside-the-book\/\"> book<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Was Senator B.K. Wheeler duped into revealing America\u2019s top-secret war plan, the Victory Program, just days before Pearl Harbor? Did the Soviets run a nationwide spy ring from an Air Force Base in Montana? The answers to these and many other questions are answered in <\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Montana\u2019s Home Front During World War II 2nd ed. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Gary Glynn examines in detail the impact of the Second World War on Montana politics, industry, agriculture, education, sports, and crime.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Train with the Canadian-American commandos of the First Special Service Force \u201cthe Devil\u2019s Brigade\u201d as they become a superb fighting unit at Fort Harrison. Languish behind barbed wire at the Fort Missoula Detention Center with hundreds of Italian and Japanese civilians. Pick sugar beets alongside German prisoners of war and American college students from Sidney to Stevensville.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Fight alongside the men of the 163rd Infantry Regiment (Montana National Guard) in the hellish jungles of New Guinea and the Philippines, at Sanananda, Aitape, Wakde, Jolo and Zamboanga. Experience the terrors of night combat as the crew of the USS <\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Helena<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> battle Japanese ships near Cape Esperance and Guadalcanal. Cheer as the 5th Marines raise the USS <\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Missoula\u2019s<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> flag over Iwo Jima.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Far from the famous World War II battlefields of European theater and the Pacific, many ordinary Montanans made tremendous sacrifices to support the war effort. Tens of thousands of residents left the Treasure State to serve their country or work in defense plants. Those who remained purchased record numbers of war bonds, planted Victory Gardens, and endured the hardships brought about by war-time shortages and rationing. Available in print and ebook formats.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><a title=\"Montana\u2019s Home Front During World War II\" href=\"http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/product\/montanas-home-front-world-war-ii\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-178\" title=\"order-now-button\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/order-now-button1-150x75.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/order-now-button1-150x75.png 150w, http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/order-now-button1-300x150.png 300w, http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/order-now-button1.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get Your Copy of Montana\u2019s Home Front During World War II, 2nd Edition \u00a0 Look for it in a bookstore near you! 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