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MOST AMERICAN SOLDIERS CAN PINPOINT a specific time when life stood still, when they thought, "I'm going to remember this moment forever." It's times like these that have the power to change the future. Forever a Soldier, drawn from the massive national collection of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, illustrates how American soldiers have answered the call to duty with a singular spirit of patriotism, and how military service has transformed their lives. Some of the remarkable stories include a nurse stationed in Vietnam who remembers a dying patient, his miraculous recovery, and her reward years later; the survivor of a famed World War II shipwreck who flashes back to four harrowing days in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific Ocean; the carnage on the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion; and many more. Culled from letters, diaries, and oral histories by soldiers, sailors, Marines, and supporting citizens, these fifty stories constitute an astonishing historical record.
(softcover, 6.5? x 9? format, 330 pages, #1576)
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