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About the Book

When Our Mothers Went to War:
An Illustrated History of Women in World War II
     by Margaret Regis
176 pages; 280 illustrations; trade paperback; 8.5 x 11"
Fall 2008
ISBN: 978-1-879932-05-0   $29.95
Published by NavPublishing, LLC


When Our Mothers Went to War, a richly illustrated history of World War II, shows the immense challenges our mothers and grandmothers faced on the home front and in the battle zone. With narrative drive and human drama, this book recounts the true stories of American women in World War II, from mothers with children trapped behind enemy lines, to war correspondents who shattered stereotypes to report from the front, to the 19 million determined female workers who rescued the home front economy. With 280 photographs and drawings.


Front Cover    Back Cover    Table of Contents
Sample Page    Read an Excerpt
“The greatest thing in my life was entertaining the troops.”
  —Frances Langford
Singer Frances Langford and Tony Romano entertain troops in New Guinea, during their USO tour of the South Pacific with the Bob Hope Show in August 1944.