BEHIND THE LINES:
from North Africa to Germany

Major Fredric Convery, A.U.S.(Ret.)

Convery has written a story of a war but not a war story. Horror stories of World War II abound, but the major recorded the war from a different viewpoint¾ what life was like behind the front lines as an officer in the 439th Anti-Aircraft Battalion. He eventually served as liaison between the AA Brigade and 64th Fighter Wing developing the Early Warning Radar System. Censorship prevented recording details of military activities, so Convery described the backdrop of the war as he wrote daily to his wife Esta. Readers will get a unique perspective of the U.S. Army during wartime, juxtaposed with vignettes of everyday life that continued despite a world war.