The author traces his father's steps from home to war and back using the war photos and official battalion diary which reveal some heartbreaking accounts and fearful experiences.INSIDE THIS BOOK YOU WILL WITNESS: New Guinea Battle Campaigns ...
Steinman writes with the same poignant immediacy her father did in his letters. Together, their stories in The Souvenir create an evocative testament to the ways in which war changes one generation and shapes another.
To the generation whose understanding of the military was shaped by the Vietnam War - those who fought in it, as well as those who did not or would not...
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American ...
World War II in the Pacific Theater, oral histories collected from over 30 U.S. veterans, told in their own words.
Filled with joy, sorrow, laughter, and romance, the book uncovers a crucial time in history while addressing the mental and physical adjustments to a changed world facing many of today's servicemen and servicewomen.
Carl W.Hoffman, Saipan: The Beginning ofthe End (Historical Section, Divisionof Public Information, Headquarters,U.S. MarineCorps,1950), 27–29;Harold J. Goldberg, DDay in the Pacific: The Battle of Saipan (Bloomington: Indiana ...
And so, to write this powerful book, which traces the kinetic effect of the war on the men who fought it, their sons, and their grandsons, Mathews has uncovered nine other dramatic and telling father-son tales of veterans in some ways ...
Charley Valeras own father had spent almost 4 years fighting during WWII and lived out the rest of his life without a story to tell.
Both history and memoir, The Flight tells the story of Richard W. “Dick” Bridges’s heroic service in World War II. Bridges survived a German attack on his plane, the Fascinatin’ Witch, by parachuting out of the exploding B-24.