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Dearest Bert : A Collection of Letters from World War II Hero Alvin Mueller, Jrby Roxolin Bose KrĂĽger
Trade Paperback 204 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 2004. Lovely illustrated wraps show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored. Slight shelf wear. A few wrinkled pages where previous owner used paperclip bookmark. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Author inscribed on title page.
Roxolin Bose Krueger attended the wedding of her aunt, Roberta Posey of New Braunfels, and uncle, Alvin J. Mueller Jr. of Seguin, as a very young girl in 1934. Alvin J. Mueller, Jr. joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and eventually became a decorated B-17 bomber pilot in the war in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA). In 1942, 31 year old Alvin J. Mueller wrote letters home from the war. He described his day to day life and his role in the USAAC. His loving wife Roberta Mueller kept Alvin's letters.… Read More