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MY WAR: A LOVE STORY IN LETTERS AND DRAWINGS
Sugarman, Tracy
2000 50542 When Ensign Tracy Sugarman packed his seabag and prepared to ship overseas in early 1944, his wife handed him a package containing sketch pads, pens, and a set of watercolors. Fifty years later, she reminded him of the upcoming 50th anniversary of D-Day, which in turn reminded him of the letters, drawings, and watercolors he had sent home. To his astonishment, June Sugarman took him down to the cellar and showed him several brown paper parcels which, when opened, revealed some 400 letters and 77 drawings and watercolors from his corner of World War II. My War consists of excerpts from those letters, accompanied by dozens of examples of Sugarman's work. In what Stephen Ambrose calls "one of the most compelling accounts of the war I've ever read," Sugarman gracefully describes his experiences in the Navy, from training sessions on the Chesapeake River to his stay in England preparing for the invasion, from the boredom aboard a Liberty ship in the English Channel to the horrors of Utah Beach on D-Day, and from the loneliness of a man away from his new wife to pride in the American forces: July 25--Off the coast of Normandy: This morning I saw the greatest manifestation of our airpower in all my months overseas, and in particular here in Normandy. For 2 hours we watched wave after wave of bombers move across the sky and head for the lines and Germany. It is one thing to read of thousands of planes attacking, and quite another to see it. It was incredible. No sooner would one wave pass over our heads than another would appear as tiny specks in the distance and with a grace of movement impossible to describe, they would arc across the whole roof of the heavens. Sugarman's obvious love for his wife suffuses all the entries with a warm, rosy glow. His account differs from many in that he never fired on the enemy and was fired upon only once. But, as he points out in his preface, this is his war, and "every sailor and soldier in World War II fought his own war." Perfect for fans of The Greatest Generation, My War is an excellent addition to any World War II library. --Sunny Delaney From Publishers Weekly "War is a social disease bred on the filth of bigotry and stupidity." Written in the aftermath of D-Day, these words convey the author's world-weariness during the summer of 1944, when, as a naval ensign, he commanded a small landing craft on Utah Beach. Arranged in this poignant memoir are many of the letters, drawings, photos and watercolors that Sugarman, an award-winning illustrator and filmmaker, sent home to his young wife, June, who had seen him off to war with a gift of art supplies, as well as with the one letter from her that he managed to keep. As a newly married man in his mid-20s, the author wrote his wife not only of the life they would share when the war ended but also of his thoughts on larger issues, such as the import of marriage ("It means our joys are multiplied, our problems shared. We can proceed with the blessings of family, church, and state into a full-time partnership of love, aspirations, and work"), which add a depth and universal appeal to his work. His 80 b&w illustrations of comrades, military life and scenes of England convey the loneliness, tedium and horror of war (with stark drawings of solitary sailors lost in thought, eyes empty and averted, and haunting watercolors of ships among choppy seas that evoke a sense of dread) counterbalanced by a few glimpses of humanity (illustrations of smiling British children). Sugarman's intimate tour of his war experience will appeal to those who remember WWII. With its collage-like approach and old-fashioned charm, it will stand out among other memoirs for readers of the genre. Published at Thirty Dollars. Random House 0-375-50513-X / 9780375505133
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