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Out for Blood: The pursuit of life for the wounded on the fighting fronts of World War II

Out for Blood: The pursuit of life for the wounded on the fighting fronts of World War II

          
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Blood and plasma may be the greatest gift of the "Greatest Generation"-their life's blood given back at home for the wounded on the fighting front. They sent more than a million pints to war! And we will never know how many men and women walk the world today - or will do so in generations to come - because the life of a father or grandfather was saved by one of those gifts of a blood donor during World War II. A radio show called Life to the Front, broadcast weekly over WEEI, the Columbia Broadcasting System's New England network outlet in Boston, helped keep alive the connection between the home front and the fighting fronts. Each week the broadcast was dedicated "To all the men of the armed forces of the United States... who - on every fighting front in the world - daily risk their lives in the service of their country......that they might live." Out for Blood includes first-hand accounts of actual participants in some of the war's toughest battles, and features actual scripts from Life to the Front.
About the Author: Anastasia Kirby served as assistant director of the Red Cross wartime Blood Donor Center of Boston during World War II. In collaboration with Lt. Henry W. Lundquist, USNR, radio officer of the Public Relations Office of the First Naval District and blood donor officer for the headquarters, she created and wrote a radio series called Life to the Front. It was broadcast weekly through the Columbia Broadcasting System's New England outlet, WEEI in Boston. Out for Blood, her book about World War II, completed in 2014, combines her experiences with both the blood donors and the survivors whom she interviewed on her broadcasts. Before and after the war, she wrote for print, broadcast, and performance. Her Christmas book for children, A Dream of Christmas Eve, published in 1937 and reissued for a fiftieth anniversary in 1987, is still sought by new generations. A collection of character sketches, which she writes for her own performances, has been featured on radio, television, and stage. She has owned a bookstore, lectured on books, and served as Book Fair radio editor. Although essentially a creative writer, she has been tapped for historic pieces, such as A Newton Sampler for the 1973 bicentennial of the city of Newton, Massachusetts, and The Chapel Speaks for the restoration for Emmanuel College's historic chapel. She received a bachelor of arts degree from Emmanuel College in 1935 and a doctor of humane letters, honora causa, in 2005. In 1944 she married Lieutenant Lundquist in a formal Navy wedding. They had three children, two sons who are retired Navy captains and a daughter who is an artist-musician-educator. Before her husband's death in 2003, they divided their time between two old houses in Massachusetts: an 1857 in Newton and an 1830 in Harwich on Cape Cod. With Out for Blood complete, she is now turning her attention to two works in progress, a novel and another Christmas book.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781484022139
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 412
  • Spine Width: 21 mm
  • Weight: 548 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1484022130
  • Publisher Date: 24 Jul 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: The pursuit of life for the wounded on the fighting fronts of World War II
  • Width: 152 mm

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