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Forgotten Heroes of World War II: Personal Accounts of Ordinary Soldiers

Door Thomas E. Simmons

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#327310-XD17
Titel
Forgotten Heroes of World War II: Personal Accounts of Ordinary Soldiers
Auteur
Simmons, Thomas E.
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Nashville, TN : Cumberland House
Jaar van uitgave
2002
ISBN10
1581823215
ISBN13
9781581823219
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting

Forgotten Heroes of World War II offers a personal understanding of what was demanded of these young heroes through the stories of rank-and-file individuals who served in the navy, marines, army, air corps, and merchant marine in all theatres of the war. Their tales are told without pretense or apology. At the time, each thought himself no different from those around him, for they were all young, scared, and miserable. They were the ordinary, the extraordinary, the forgotten. Multiply their stories by hundreds of thousands, and you begin to understand the words of war correspondent Martha Gellhorn: There are those who received brief, poor, or no recognition, all those history leaves unmentioned, not because they are lesser but because they are too many. Recorded more than fifty years aft
... (Lees verder)er the war, the stories in Forgotten Heroes of World War II were shared quietly, shyly, honestly, and often painfully by these extraordinary ordinary people. All of them begin with similar statements - There's really not much to tell. I was just there like everyone else. All I wanted to do was get home... Each was uncomfortable for being singled out to speak of experiences he felt were common to so many others.
Pagina's
255
Conditie
Goed — Black permanent marker line on bottom cut.
Prijs
€ 10,00

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