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Acknowledgments

Many people contributed to this project over the years. I am grateful to Mary Carey of the Stark County District library who helped with background information on Canton in the 1940s and Lehman High School; Mark Holland, Archivist, and Tom Haas of the McKinley Presidential Library and Museum; Dr. Robert Schmidt, the archivist at Miami University; Chad Daniels of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby; Thomas J. Cleary from the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Queens College Libraries, CUNY, Benjamin Rosenthal Library; Dr. Robin Sellers, Director, Reichelt Oral History Program, Florida State University; and Dr. David J. Ulbrich, Assistant Professor of History at Rogers University, who patiently read the draft manuscript and provided helpful suggestions and critiques. Laura Dozier provided superb assistance with line and graphics editing. Edward Tufte provided the inspiration for the graphics. Megan Harris and the Library of Congress were very helpful in identifying papers and recollections from other members of the 84th Division.

I thank my mother Audrey for her support and advice during this project. Also my sister and brothers, Maud, Carl Jr., and Douglas, who added their ideas, comments, and memories.

This book would not have been written without the persistent help of Dan Kadison, journalist, writer, researcher, editor, and friend, who was my partner and collaborator throughout this project, and Gillian Berchowitz, the director of Ohio University Press, who saw in a partial manuscript the potential for a great book. She nudged, cajoled, implored, insisted, and directed me to do a better job. And she did so with a smile. So I had no choice.