ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This book owes its existence to the efforts of the graduate students who are listed as the authors of each of the chapters and to the narrators. The graduate student authors who were selected for this book made determined efforts to capture the thoughts, emotions and experiences of those who had lived through the war, yet it was the narrators’ cooperation and their willingness to be interviewed that made this book possible. These chapters were retained by the Pennsylvania Department of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and transferred into electronic format by volunteer Diane Holleran under the guidance of the director, Marilyn Holt, to whom I am greatly indebted. I appreciate the efforts of my wife, Helen, who so patiently read and reread this manuscript, and of my daughter, Marjorie, for her technological assistance. I would also like to thank Duquesne University professor Dr. Perry Blatz; Thomas White, university archivist at Duquesne University; and James Duzyk of Robert Morris University for their reading, advice and encouragement. The selection of photographs was facilitated by David Grinnell, director of archives at the Senator John Heinz History Center; Gilbert Pietrzak, coordinator at the Pittsburgh Photographic Library; and Edward Galloway, director of the Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh Libraries. I am grateful to Hannah Cassilly, commissioning editor, and Hilary McCullough, editorial department manager, both of The History Press, for all of their patient guidance and advice. Lastly, I would like to thank the administration of Duquesne University for their support of this project. The publication of the photographs in this book was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.