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English
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Private Hemingway Goes to War : World War II Diary of a Private
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Springville, Utah
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CFI
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14 July 1942 to 15 March 1945. Hemmingway discusses his reasons for joining the U.S. Army, as well as initial examinations and training at Shepard Field, Texas. He gives detailed descriptions of Army life and finds great comfort in attending LDS church services on Sundays. At Lowrey Field, Colorado, Hemingway is trained in bomb sight repair. He is assigned to a bomber squadron in Portland, Oregon. While sailing to Egypt via Australia and India, Hemingway gives a priesthood blessing to a severely seasick friend. He is unimpressed by the Egyptians and reflects on the biblical history of Egypt. Hemingway visits Palestine to sightsee and avoids drinking tea by buying oranges. Traveling by convoy to Libya, he sees the battlefield wreckage at El Alamein. Hemingway is assigned to the kitchen at an air base in Libya, meets an LDS bomber pilot and accompanies him on a mission to search for a bomber crew downed in the Sahara Desert. He works at a supply depot near the Suez canal then is assigned to be a truck driver in a convoy, almost driving off a cliff. Hemingway's unit moves to Tunisia then Foggia, Italy. He tours some of Italy and attends an LDS Easter service. Hemingway plays in his squadron band and is promoted to corporal. He spends several days in the hospital with a bad eye and is reassigned to writing news briefs. The loss of an exclusively LDS bomber crew causes Hemingway much reflection. He is given leave to go to the United States and the war ends.