A Young Man on the Front Line: Lessons of War - Softcover

Makas, Elaine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1945875879 ISBN 13: 9781945875878

Verlag: Two Sisters Writing and Publishing LLC, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

A Young Man on the Front Line: Lessons of War is a true story of a young man on the front line of war. The story chronicles his experience of becoming a soldier, enduring his soldiering days, and reconciling his life in the aftermath of his war experiences. As a reader, you become a fellow traveler with Chris Makas on his journey of war, trauma, adaptation, and self-acceptance while contemplating "lessons of war" - all within the historic realities of World War II.

He was only 18 years old, leading five men on far-away battlefields where he witnessed the death and destruction of World War II.

U.S. Army Sergeant Chris Makas braved bloody battles, frigid winters, and gut-wrenching trauma, to help lead the Allies into victory.

A Young Man on the Front Line: Lessons of War is a true story of a young man surviving combat in France and Germany. The story chronicles his experience of becoming a soldier, enduring his soldiering days, and reconciling his life in the aftermath of his war experiences. As a reader, you become a fellow traveler with Chris Makas on his journey of war, trauma, adaptation, and self-acceptance while contemplating "lessons of war"-all within the historic realities of World War II.

This powerfully written memoir is a touching tribute from a daughter for her father. After growing up hearing his stories of war, survival, and appreciation of peacetime civilian and family life, Elaine I. Makas, Ph.D., penned this heartfelt and poignant account of her father's life through his eyes. She masterfully captures his voice and perspective through the excitement, then terrible disillusionment, of going to World War II at age 18. This book is a beautiful tribute to daughters and fathers, veterans, world history, and family love.

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"Our orders were clear, "Take the high ground." Simple. Take the high ground. The advantage is always to the persons on the high ground. We attacked. We were beaten back. We attacked again. We were beaten back. We attacked again - same result.

We looked at our Captain. "They're too strong Captain. We can't take the ground."

For which the Captain replied the words forever opening all our eyes to war, "We keep trying until none of us are left standing." That was the moment. We awoke to war. The moment we became soldiers. The next time we attacked we made sure to take our objective.

...later, I realized the internal damage of the day. At the age of 20, I was both a hero and a killer."

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Elaine Makas Ph.D. enjoyed a career in education that spanned more than 40 years and included being a University of Michigan-Flint professor, a public school teacher, an administrator, and a consultant for failing schools in the areas of curriculum and accreditation through her company Curriculum Connections, LLC. Dr. Makas earned degrees from Western Michigan, Central Michigan, and Saginaw Valley State Universities. She obtained her doctorate in educational leadership from Oakland University. Dr. Makas wrote A Young Man on the Front Line: Lessons of War from her late father's perspective by compiling the stories he told while she was growing up, along with his battlefield journal entries that chronicled both the tragic and amusing stories of his World War II experience. He fought on the front line of the Southern Invasion of Germany in 1944 as part of Company B, 255th Regiment, 1st Battalion, 63rd Infantry Division. After helping to liberate Germany and the concentration camp at Landsberg from the Nazis, he returned to Detroit in 1946 to marry and raise three children. She authored two educational books: From Mandate to Achievement (Corwin, 2010) and Career Pathways: Preparing Students for Life co-authored with Pam Ill (Corwin, 2004). Elaine is very proud of her four sons, Mark (Rochelle), Benjamin, Jacob, and Samuel, and her three grandchildren, Sarah, Ethan, and Joshua. She enjoys life with Fred List and engaging in writing, oil painting, nature, horseback riding, and traveling. "I wrote this book to pay tribute to my dad's life and story," says Dr. Makas, who lives in Frankenmuth, Michigan. "I think young people, millennials, and Baby Boomers alike will enjoy becoming fellow travelers with my father on his journey of war, trauma, adaptation, and self-acceptance while contemplating universal lessons of war." Writing his story during her battle with cancer strengthened her to endure grueling treatments that resulted in remission. Dr. Makas hopes that middle and high school social studies and English teachers will use the book to help young people understand how World War II helped shape our world today.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Two Sisters Writing and Publishing LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1945875879
• ISBN 13: 9781945875878
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 228
• Herausgeber: Atkins Elizabeth Ann Ann
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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