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Gilbertson: an American Family Adventure
Gilbertson: an American Family Adventure
Gilbertson: an American Family Adventure
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Verdi Gilbertson was born September 7, 1923 on a farm in Mandt Township near Milan and Montevideo, Minnesota. During his ninety one years he has been a husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He counts his family as the greatest accomplishment he and his wife Agnes have. In their family are four children, ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

This collection includes stories of his days as a farm boy during the drought and Depression of the 1930s and details about his Norwegian ancestors who immigrated to America in 1868. Verdi was in the Army infantry and served over 170 days on the front lines while in France and Germany in 1944 and 1945. There are excerpts from many letters written home to his family during World War II.

He tells about his many day to day inspirations and motivations as he works on many creative projects including woodcarving, knife making, model airplane building and YouTube videos. As a means of including the whole family in working with this book, there are several travel adventure stories contributed by his kids, grandkids, great grandkids and extended family members. His first book, Verdi received many favorable comments that are shared in this book including several comments from his son Keiths international students.

Verdi lives in Montevideo, Minnesota and spends much of his time working in his writing and woodcarving studio. This is his second book. Verdi was published in 2010.

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PublisherAuthorHouse
Release dateOct 29, 2014
ISBN9781496947543
Gilbertson: an American Family Adventure
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Verdi Gilbertson

Verdi Gilbertson served in the 100th Division of the United States Army as a combat infantryman in 1944 and 1945. His division was in active combat for over 180 days from October to May. In this book are about 60 letters that he wrote home to his family from the front lines in France and Germany. He also included many stories telling about his time in combat. Verdi enjoys building model airplanes, wood carving, book writing and telling stories to his four children, ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He is the author of two more books, Verdi and Gilbertson: An American Family Adventure. Verdi was born on his family farm in 1923 and now lives in Montevideo, Minnesota.

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