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Tucked away in the northern Pacific are the Aleutian Islands. This little known theater of the Pacific War during WWII rarely made the "newsreels" at the time, but played a critical role in the war. This personal journal, written by PVT Robert A. Allen, gives a firsthand look at what soldiers stationed in the Aleutians during this time experienced. From weather to women, torpedo juice to poker games, Robert Allen helps you to experience, through his thoughts penciled into a notebook, what thousands of Americans experienced in the Aleutians, from 1942-1945. Robert A. Allen was my great Uncle. I…mehr

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Tucked away in the northern Pacific are the Aleutian Islands. This little known theater of the Pacific War during WWII rarely made the "newsreels" at the time, but played a critical role in the war. This personal journal, written by PVT Robert A. Allen, gives a firsthand look at what soldiers stationed in the Aleutians during this time experienced. From weather to women, torpedo juice to poker games, Robert Allen helps you to experience, through his thoughts penciled into a notebook, what thousands of Americans experienced in the Aleutians, from 1942-1945. Robert A. Allen was my great Uncle. I discovered his handwritten journal in a forgotten box, tucked away deep in an attic of his sister and niece's house in Shelton, Washington. Nearly 80 years had passed since he was a soldier in the Aleutians. Had anyone ever read his journal except him? He is the "author" of this book--I saw my role to present his words as he wrote them, as nearly as possible, so that the reader could experience the life of a WWII soldier in the remote islands of the Aleutians through Allen's thoughts.
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I am a retired history teacher and this is my first book. To me, research is somewhat like building a puzzle. Research, however, is often using the pieces to create your own picture. That "picture" may not have ever been put together before, so what you come up with is like a new, different way of looking at history that hasn't been looked at that way in the past. History is not just a bunch of dead guys. History is about people and events and lives and stories. I find it fascinating and throughout my teaching career, I tried to instill in my students that sense of fascination with learning, with history, with looking at events of the past through a different lens than just the textbook. I live in Bremerton, Washington. I was born in Shelton, Washington, as was my mom, Sandy Kreifels, and two generations before her. My wife & I just celebrated our 36th anniversary, and we have 3 lovely daughters. I can still hear them saying "Dad, every vacation we take has something to do with history." Yes, because history has something to do with everything.