My father, born in 1930, was an avid reader of fiction about World War II. Too young to participate in the war himself, I suppose this was his way of experiencing it vicariously.
Many of the titles listed below were stored in boxes in our attic during my childhood. The rest are books I picked up here and there as an adult. They provided me with many hours of exciting reading.
- The Caine Mutiny (Wouk) - one of my all-time favorites of any genre
- Once An Eagle (Myrer)
- Battle Cry (Uris) - I've lost track of how many times I've read it
- The Winds of War (Wouk; a trilogy)
- Catch-22 (Heller)
- The Young Lions (Shaw)
- From Here to Eternity (Jones)
- The Naked and the Dead (Mailer)
- Von Ryan's Express (Westheimer)
- King Rat (Clavell)
- The Cruel Sea (Monserrat)
- Landfall (Shute)
- The Chequer Board (Shute)
- The Good Shepherd (Forrester)
- Tales of the South Pacific (Michener)
- The Big War (Myrer) - I may re-read this one; I scarcely recall anything about it.
- Don't Go Near the Water (Brinkley) - a humorous treatment
- Where Eagles Dare (Maclean)
- Eye of the Needle (Follett)
- Jackdaws (Follett)
