darn Cold and Starving

[connie]

darn Cold & Starving by Marion Ray and Dan Brannon




Title Note: Although I typed in the correct title, the discussion board filters will automatically morph the first word of the title to "darn" as soon as I create this thread. You can get the correct title by clicking on the link.

Then S. Sgt. Marion Ray was one of our own in D-Company of 424th Infantry Regiment. He was a heavy weapons machine gun squad leader. The book was based on his memories as a POW along with a POW Diary that he kept.

Amazon: www.amazon.com/darn-Cold-Starving-Soldiers-Reflection/dp/0965022862?tag=viglink20248-20
The true account of Sgt. Marion Ray, a prisoner of war during World War II, drawn from a personal diary he kept at the time of his confinement, along with his reflections and memories.

Good Reads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/2867262-darn-cold-and-starving

Abe Books: www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/dam-cold-and-starving/author/ray-sgt-marion/
Abe Books also has copies, but you'll have to insert the "n" at the end of the word before "cold" in the link in order to make it work!

Has anyone read the book?


Marion Ray for more info and links on this man see: 106thdivision.proboards.com/thread/1006/ray-marion-424

[connie]

Eagerly awaiting your input on the book...!

[Larry Heider]

"darn Cold and Starving" is a very unique book. The author, Sgt. Marion Ray, relates his experiences as a Sergeant in the second platoon of D Company, 424th Regiment. His style of writing is very casual, almost conversational in nature. His story, on the other hand, is one of intense fortitude. Sgt. Ray, like everyone else in the 424th, was fairly new to the battleground where his story begins. He and his fellow soldiers arrived in Belgium courtesy of the US Navy and the trucks that carried his squad to the front lines "somewhere in Belgium". On the morning of Dec. 16 the men of Company D were awakened to the roar of artillery and gun fire. Ray's machine gun platoon found themselves in the forefront of the German assault towards St. Vith and after a day full of combat and repositioning in the area around Winterspelt Ray and a few of his squad members were captured by the Germans.
Thus begins Sgt. Ray's introduction to life as a prisoner of war. His recollection of the POW experience is at the heart of this book and as it's title suggests it was not a pleasant one. Because Ray had kept a diary of his life as a POW the storyline is very detailed and personal. By the end of the book the reader is given a clear picture of the fortitude of the soldiers who, with Ray, struggle to survive the inhumane treatment they were forced to endure. This book is a must read.