Weston Veterans: World War II, Volume 2

The authors, Adolph (Adolfo) and Margaret Caso, tell the story of 26 Weston, Massachusetts residents (twenty five American-born veterans and one non-veteran from Australia) all of whom lived during and participated in World War II. The contrastive narrative is derived from interviews of each veteran, and emphasizes: 1) the social context at the time of induction, 2) the kind of basic training each received, 3) the actual participation on battlefields, 4) the repatriation, and, 5) the commitment to family and work. Each story is that of an individual devoted to and consciously living the American way of life made possible by the form of government envisioned in a Constitutional Democracy. One Wes-ton resident, on the other hand, lived in a democratic Australia during the War, in comparison with the three non-American-born in Volume 1, to further show the sharp contrast and divide between Democracy on one hand, and Fascism and Communism on the other.