Harry & Padre Kansas City war experienced first-hand but looked

war experienced first-hand but looked at now from a great distance

uncovering both the causes of the nation's public amnesia and the depth of the quiet remembering that endured

Taking issue with the prevailing 'modernist' interpretation of the European reaction to the appalling events of 1914–18

was also a theatre of the war effort

Harry & Padre Kansas City war experienced first-hand but lookedDescription Harry & Padre follows the lifelong friendship between a Catholic Army Chaplain and a President. Harry Truman and Father Curtis Tiernan forged a close bond in the WWl battlefields of France. After the war, their lives took divergent paths, but their deep affection never wavered. Thirty years of photos and personal letters between the two men tell the heartwarming story of an unlikely friendship.