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NEWEST Title: A Toast For You & Me, America’s Participation, Sacrifice and Victory, vol 2

Author: Robert C. Valentine

retail softcover price: $32.98

Non-fiction, beautiful quality book 9.25 x 8.25
handy reference guide, 296 pages

beautiful illustrations in color and black and white
original WW II cartoons
Back matter: Bibliography and index
Libraries secure a (Limited time) special introductory discount price: $23.78

About the beautiful WW II Commemorative

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8th Air Force Historical Society--
A Toast For You and Me, America's Participation by Robert C. Valentine, Softcover, color. This book is an awesome presentation of the entirety of World War II--all services and all fronts including the home front. It is a delicious portrayal of those times expressed in rare photographs, many in color, and in carefully selected and written prose that truly captures the wartime spirit. I don't see how they can do it for the price--$29.99 to our readers! A great gift or coffee-table keepsake. If you were there you won't be able to put it down. (softcover sold out)

The Book Reader--
Fifty years afterwards comes this big, bold D-Day commemorative.
Bold, because it is one of the most extensive array of quality color images published in a book about WW II. “Though this book begins with the Italian campaign, the curtains of other tormented stories are about to lift, also. All the seasons, the continents, the seas, the campaigns and time frames that you are about to read are intertwined into a theme---the saga of liberty.”
Cartoons and pictures along with a knowledgeable commentary by Valentine. Roosevelt's D-Day prayer: “God of the Free, we pledge our hearts and lives today....” Minute by minute, the grand Normandy invasion, the victories, the bombings, the false signals of where the invasion force was, how many soldiers were taking part, what the strategies were....All the while, Valentine follows the war across the globe, in the Pacific, where “not since Doolittle's raid over Tokyo was the homeland of Japan even close to perilous danger. However, in 1944 this was to change....”

Almost 300 large-sized pages, the photographs compelling, the text moving. Ernie Pyle is here in his full glory newspaper dispatches. The final section deals with color photography of the time. The best parts deal with the terrible Battle of the Bulge in which the enemy “broke all forward U.S. lines from Elsenborn to Bastogne.” Included are touching letters and journals from the troops. Quite an accomplishment. A fresh rhythm throughout creates a rich tapestry of massive warfare.

France Today Magazine, summer 1994--
Combining vivid remembrances with his own interest in the two great wars of our century, Mr. Valentine embarked on a sixteen-year quest to collect the moving histories, anecdotes and testimonies of suffering from World War II veterans throughout the United States and France....a comprehensive chronicle of the year 1944, the D-Day invasion of Normandy and succeeding liberation of France figure prominently.
In his retelling of the D-Day landing, Mr. Valentine provides a minute-by-minute account of the historic day and its unfolding events. We relive the personal traumas and victories of American soldiers via their diaries, letters and modern-day interviews. We learn of the birth of Seabee Paulet Fouchard, born in the village of Ste-Marie-du-Mont during the Normandy invasion. And we discover the engineering prowess of Patton's Third Army which provided over 60,000 gallons of water daily to the people of Loire during one of the hottest summers on record.

From the beaches, Valentine takes us inland: through Norman villages, the cities and towns of Brittany, then southern France and at last, in summer, to Paris as it is liberated in late August.
Mr. Valentine is particularly proud of the hundreds of photos featured, most reproduced in color, and all of them previously unpublished. He has also included cartoons, drawings and illustrations created by American soldiers, trying to find humor in the midst of the atrocities of war. These were originally published in Paris editions of Yank and Stars and Stripes.
Mr. Valentine's personal interest in his subject along with his commitment in imparting the human testimony of war make A Toast For You and Me a unique volume indeed.




Just a sampling of what the men who were really there have to say about the breathtaking 1944 book
Massive 93,000 word
narrative

I enjoyed your book very much. First chance I've had to see the whole picture. I witnessed the battle for Saint Lo, but all I could see was a big cloud of dust. I find it quite accurately portrayed. I'm leaving the book to my grandchildren to enjoy. Edgar A Wright, WW II exThird Army

A Toast For You and Me, America's Participation is a welcome addition to anyone's collection of WW II history. It nicely blends the historical record of the progress of the war with personal anecdotes from troops and correspondents in the field. The color photos and reproductions of insignia all keep one's attention throughout. It is hard to put this book down after opening it. William Lahman, WW II veteran, Cleveland Heights, Ohio

I looked forward to receiving your book with anticipation and the wait was worth it. I was not disappointed. I compliment you and your staff for a real job in its presentation of beautiful, sharp pictures. Raymond J Farissler, WW II veteran, Whiting, New Jersey

A Toast For You and Me, America's Participation, brought back poignant memories. All your hundreds of illustrations made those memories live again. The many pages on the Battle of the Bulge were well done and especially meaningful to me. Murray Shapiro, WW II veteran ex S/Sgt 28th Inf

A Toast For You and Me, America's Participation portrayed things as they were. I feel the book is historical for libraries. It is very attentive to details. Not at all boring. Paul R Haag, WW II veteran, Baltimore, Maryland

Many of my friends pick it up, and once they start reading it, they can't put it down. I have gone through it several times. Carl Meiser, WW veteran, Prescott, Arizona

I have enjoyed reading it. Am sure when my grandchildren are older they will enjoy it. They continually ask about my service in WW II. Robert Salisbury, WW II veteran ex119th Engineer Bn, Redford, Michigan

The book was very well written and should be in libraries so the modern generation will find out what happened. Frank DeBernardi, WW II veteran Duncan, Oklahoma

Having an extensive war library, I was only too glad to add this commemorative book, A Toast For You and Me, America's Participation for it depicts what took place on the fringes of the war and presents a solid over-all picture. Colonel Thomas D Gillis (Ret), Greenbrae, Calif

The Toast For You and Me book is an outstanding job---excellent pictures, good narrative and some behind the scenes stuff. Lawrence A Bennett, WW II exThird Army veteran Sacramento, Calif


An excellent book, accurate and to the point. My daughter is an avid collector of World War Two History and now has the book! I enjoyed the book immensely . Lt Colonel Burnett B Beach (Ret), WWII veteran ex 12th Arm Div, Los Osos, Calif

I enjoyed the book A Toast For You and Me, America's Participation very much. The pictures were very realistic. It brought back many memories. My family enjoyed the book, also. Marion McCracken, WW II vet, Lincoln, Nebraska

This book has been great interest to my grandsons and a real bit of history for them. Jack B Shumate, WW II veteran, Mesa, Arizona