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My Life in the Service: The World War II Diary of George McGovern
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My Life in the Service: The World War II Diary of George McGovern Hardcover - 2016

by McGovern, George

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  • Title My Life in the Service: The World War II Diary of George McGovern
  • Author McGovern, George
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition New
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Franklin Square Press
  • Date 2016
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # W113174
  • ISBN 9781879957596 / 1879957590
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 6.7 x 0.8 in (21.34 x 17.02 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, World War, 1939-1945
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016027801
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Publishers Weekly, 11/28/2016, Page 0

About the author

Before he was a celebrated politician, or even a college graduate, Senator George McGovern served as a B-52 bomber pilot in World War II. Based out of Italy, McGovern flew thirty-five combat missions over German-occupied Europe from 1943-44, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross for his ingenuity in the face of adversity. After the war, Sen. McGovern returned to his family and his studies, becoming a professor of history and political science in his native South Dakota. He left the academy to enter politics full-time in 1955, beginning a decades long career by successfully bolstering the state's Democratic Party. Sen. McGovern was elected to Congress in 1956 and 1958, and then to the Senate in 1962, an office he would hold for eighteen years. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 1972.