Home Front to Battlefront. Frank Lavin

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      Illustrations

       Figure I-1. Carl and Fred with Dorothy, c. 1930

       Figure 1-1. Carl’s Miami transcript

       Figure 2-1. Tank Destroyer Center letterhead

       Figure 2-2. Enlisted Men’s Service Club letterhead

       Figure 2-3. Camp Maxey letterhead

       Figure 3-1. Queen’s College letterhead and envelope

       Figure 4-1. Camp Shelby letter and envelope

       Figure 4-2. Mother’s Day card

       Figure 4-3. USO letterhead

       Figure 5-1. V-mail, December 1944

       Figure 6-1. V-mail, Belgium, January 1945

       Figures 7-1. Second Reich and Weimar banknotes

       Figure 7-2. Fashions from Germany

       Figure 8-1. East of the Rhine letterhead and envelope

       Figure 8-2. B. Sprengel & Co. letterhead

       Figure 9-1. Schützengilde Hameln

       Figure 10-1. American Red Cross letterhead

       Figure 11-1. Reims letter and envelope

       Figure E-1. Remainder of 3rd Platoon, July 1945

       Photographs following Chapter 5

       Harry Lavin and Wurstmeisters, early 1920s

       Carl and Fred, 1928

       Extended Lavin family, early 1930s

       Late 1930s, and Leo is happy

       Carl’s 1942 Lehman High yearbook photo

       Carl in uniform, Camp Hood, Texas, July 1943

       Home leave before shipping to Britain

       Photographs following Chapter 8

       The 84th Division in the Battle of the Bulge

       84th Division: From the Siegfried Line to the Elbe

       June 1944. A happy GI wearing the only decoration worth wearing: Combat Infantryman Badge

       Hannover as found by the 84th Infantry Division

       The 335th welcomes you to the Rhine

       Krefeld, Carl’s final battle

       President Truman reviews the 84th

       Jack Benny