The War That Made Men: One family’s story of service and sacrifice in the Second World War

Within hours of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, young Americans flooded armed forces recruiting offices, forfeiting their personal ambitions to fight and defend the United States in the broadest and deadliest war to date. The experiences that awaited them would forge the character of an entire generation of Americans. The War That Made Men profiles eight men—author William Hargett’s father and seven uncles—who served their country in World War II in the Navy, Marines, Army, Army Air Forces and, in one case, federal government employment. Six of the men served in the Pacific and together their stories tell the broad history of the war in that theater. Individually, they diffused bombs in the murky depths of Pearl Harbor, dodged Japanese fighter planes in a B-24 over the Bismarck Sea, helped liberate the island of Saipan, launched bombers from an aircraft carrier off the coast of Okinawa and patrolled the radioactive rubble of Nagasaki, Japan. Collectively, they sacrificed family and career plans and emerged from their war experiences with humility, compassion, gratitude, an unrelenting work ethic and life-long dedication to their families and country.
ASIN: 1954463340
VSKU: BVV.1954463340.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Hargett, William Bayard|Brown, Jessica Wambach
Binding: Hardcover
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