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| Title: | Fighter Pilot's Wife
: A Military Family's Story |
| Author: | Gilberta Guth |
| ISBN: | 097686780X : 9780976867807 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 376 |
| Weight: | .617 Kg. |
| Published: | IPG (Call Sign Press) - September 2006 |
| List Price: | 16.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political & military: Warfare & defence |
Offering an inside look at military family life spanning WWII through the Korean and Vietnam Wars, this memoir not only chronicles the heroism of those in combat but that of the wives and families at home as they live under the constant shadow of potential loss. Married at the age of 22 to a dashing young jet pilot, young bride Gilberta Guth embarked on what was for many years a global journey, following her husband all over the world as he pursued his career. From their honeymoon in Las Vegas to an Ichibon sayonara and a St. Gobain au revoir to his final assignment in civilian life, she stood by his side and raised their four children. In the process she learned to cope with the tragic death of young pilots and how the other wives and family members comforted the widows and helped them pack up their children and leave the familial embrace of the military. Reproductions of letters, photos, and newspaper clippings further enrich this moving account of the challenges faced by a military family in both wartime and peacetime.
