No Ordinary Solider: My Father's Two Wars - Softcover

Williams, Liz Gilmore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692779973 ISBN 13: 9780692779972

Verlag: Burkwood Media, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Finalist, 2018 International Book Awards

A young man from a gritty Pennsylvania mill town enlists in the Army Air Corps and heads for Hawaii, the "Paradise of the Pacific." There, he and his buddies defend Oahu while it explodes and burns in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. As the war surges, his bomber squardron ships out to prmitive Pacific outposts. Amid air raids, stifling heat, and outbreaks of tropical disease, he clings to sanity through the letters he and his wife share, letters found years later saved in an attic. His daughter, Hunted by his terrifying rages decades after his death, his daughter delves into the letters for clues to his turmoil. The letters lead her to discover a shocking family secret, not only fulfilling her quest but also revealing a story of war, love, and forgiveness.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Burkwood Media
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0692779973
• ISBN 13: 9780692779972
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 330
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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