From Boston to Berlin (PDF)
A Journey Through World War II in Images and Words
(Sprache: Englisch)
When Roland Regan and Frederick Mauriello went off to fight
the Germans in World War II, they packed cameras and notepaper and documented their experiences, Roland with photos, Frederick with letters to his
family. Roland's photos, developed after the...
the Germans in World War II, they packed cameras and notepaper and documented their experiences, Roland with photos, Frederick with letters to his
family. Roland's photos, developed after the...
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When Roland Regan and Frederick Mauriello went off to fight
the Germans in World War II, they packed cameras and notepaper and documented their experiences, Roland with photos, Frederick with letters to his
family. Roland's photos, developed after the war, never went through Army
censorship and show an honest firsthand view of the war from the eyes of an
enlisted man. Frederick's letters show a young man's devotion to his family,
his good-will, and his growing distrust of military authority. As a whole, this
collection is a testimony to the courage, faith, and loyalty of all the men who
served during World War II. These priceless documents, presented by their sons in
this book, offer readers an intimate glimpse at a unique aspect of the American
experience.
Autoren-Porträt von Christopher E. Mauriello, Roland J. Regan Jr.
In the summer of 1995, I came upon a box of photos that myfather had taken during his service in World War II from 1943-1945. While I had
known of the existence of these photographs for thirty-five years, I had not
fully appreciated the meaning and impact these photographs had on my father's
memory of the war nor my understanding of my father's role in the 20th
century's most important event. As I looked through these black and white
memories of World War II, I began to feel a commitment to my deceased father
and his generation to make these photos public so that others could share this
wartime experience.
Between the summers of 1995 and 1998, I began to construct
how I wanted my father's photos to be viewed and preserved for later
generations. I contacted several publishers to learn more about what steps I
would need to take in order to publish my father's photos. Simultaneously, I
contacted several national universities and colleges to possibly donate these
photographs to their history departments for use in research and teaching World
War II.
To my surprise, the
response from both publishers and universities was very encouraging. However,
organizing and presenting such a collection of photos proved to be a labor of
love as my weekends, during this period, were consumed selecting, scanning and
editing hundreds of original photos. During that time I was teaching several
business courses at Salem State College in Salem Massachusetts, and therefore
contacted the history department to notify them of my interest in donating a
digitized version of my father's photos for use by the history department.
My message was forwarded to Christopher Mauriello, the
modern European historian for the department. Unbeknownst to me, Chris had also
come upon a box of World War II letters that his father had written to his
family back in Boston between 1943 and 1945. He too felt a commitment to his
father and the World
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War II generation to make these letters public so that
others could share his wartime memories. With these shared commitments, we met
for coffee to introduce ourselves and review each other's collections.
Immediately we recognized the powerful parallels between the
images and the words. We soon discovered that the parallels ran even deeper.
Both of our fathers were sons of European immigrants that settled and lived in
the Boston area. Roland J. Regan, Sr. was of Irish descent and was raised in
Lynn, Massachusetts. Frederick J. Mauriello was of Italian descent and was
raised in Dorchester and Revere, Massachusetts. Both volunteered for active
service in the U.S. Army in 1943. Between the summer of 1944 and 1945 both
experienced similar paths in combat against the German Army. Roland Regan in
the 348th Army Engineering Combat Battalion, Company A and Frederick Mauriello
in the 309th Field Artillery Battalion 78th Division.
The parallels between these two wartime experiences form the
basis of this book. In May of 2000, the Boston College history department
accepted and became custodian of some one hundred and fifty of Roland's
original photographs from 1943-1945 for use by 20th century historians and
researchers. While we have added a brief narrative history and captions to the photographs
and the letters to provide the necessary historical context, we hope that the
original documents speak for themselves. We hope they do justice to the memory
of the wartime experiences of our fathers and their greatest generation.
Furthermore, to commemorate our respective father's
memories, we intend to develop two scholarship funds for Boston College in
their names to assist deserving students from Lynn and Revere Massachusetts who
are accepted and attend BC from the revenues generated from the sales of From
Boston to Berlin. We feel our commitment to these two scholarship funds for
future generations is in keeping with our father's mutual commitments to their
generation. More information concerning these scholarship funds will be
forthcoming on this website. - Roland J. Regan, Jr. Christopher E. Mauriello
others could share his wartime memories. With these shared commitments, we met
for coffee to introduce ourselves and review each other's collections.
Immediately we recognized the powerful parallels between the
images and the words. We soon discovered that the parallels ran even deeper.
Both of our fathers were sons of European immigrants that settled and lived in
the Boston area. Roland J. Regan, Sr. was of Irish descent and was raised in
Lynn, Massachusetts. Frederick J. Mauriello was of Italian descent and was
raised in Dorchester and Revere, Massachusetts. Both volunteered for active
service in the U.S. Army in 1943. Between the summer of 1944 and 1945 both
experienced similar paths in combat against the German Army. Roland Regan in
the 348th Army Engineering Combat Battalion, Company A and Frederick Mauriello
in the 309th Field Artillery Battalion 78th Division.
The parallels between these two wartime experiences form the
basis of this book. In May of 2000, the Boston College history department
accepted and became custodian of some one hundred and fifty of Roland's
original photographs from 1943-1945 for use by 20th century historians and
researchers. While we have added a brief narrative history and captions to the photographs
and the letters to provide the necessary historical context, we hope that the
original documents speak for themselves. We hope they do justice to the memory
of the wartime experiences of our fathers and their greatest generation.
Furthermore, to commemorate our respective father's
memories, we intend to develop two scholarship funds for Boston College in
their names to assist deserving students from Lynn and Revere Massachusetts who
are accepted and attend BC from the revenues generated from the sales of From
Boston to Berlin. We feel our commitment to these two scholarship funds for
future generations is in keeping with our father's mutual commitments to their
generation. More information concerning these scholarship funds will be
forthcoming on this website. - Roland J. Regan, Jr. Christopher E. Mauriello
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Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Christopher E. Mauriello , Roland J. Regan Jr.
- 2019, 98 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Purdue University Press
- ISBN-10: 1557539774
- ISBN-13: 9781557539779
- Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.2019
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