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camillalice's review
5.0
This book chronicles a series of accounts from World War II by American men and women who participated in the war. They come from all sorts of backgrounds and were in different services and theaters of action. The stories are quite short yet a lot of them are very powerful.
This powerful aspect is emphasized by the black and white photographs, both of these men and women at the time of the war and of the veterans now. All the images are very dignified.
I loved this book. I was going to say I enjoyed reading it, but there is no enjoyment in war memories. Everyone should read this. It just makes me want to sit down with these people, give them a cup of tea and listen to what they have to say, for sadly they are all in their 90s now (with one man being 104!) and one day they won't be here anymore.
Now I have read The Last Veterans of World War II, I would love to see a similar book with veterans from all sorts of origins (Allies, Germans, Japanese, etc.), I think that would be fascinating. At the end of the day, most soldiers were just the man down the street trying to do what their best.
Definitely recommended!
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Disclaimer: I received a free digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to NetGalley and Schiffer Publishing.
This review is also available on my blog.
This powerful aspect is emphasized by the black and white photographs, both of these men and women at the time of the war and of the veterans now. All the images are very dignified.
I loved this book. I was going to say I enjoyed reading it, but there is no enjoyment in war memories. Everyone should read this. It just makes me want to sit down with these people, give them a cup of tea and listen to what they have to say, for sadly they are all in their 90s now (with one man being 104!) and one day they won't be here anymore.
Now I have read The Last Veterans of World War II, I would love to see a similar book with veterans from all sorts of origins (Allies, Germans, Japanese, etc.), I think that would be fascinating. At the end of the day, most soldiers were just the man down the street trying to do what their best.
Definitely recommended!
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Disclaimer: I received a free digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to NetGalley and Schiffer Publishing.
This review is also available on my blog.
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