Post by connie on Jul 23, 2016 22:51:03 GMT -5
The Greatest Generation Speaks by Tom Brokaw
A NOTE FROM JIM WEST--of the Indiana Military Site reads:
"In case you have read Tom Brokaw’s “The Greatest Generation Speaks”, three 106th members are mentioned:"
Sam Neel, Jr.
Malcolm Rockwell
Myron Anderson
I’ve had the book for a few years but only now had the time and opportunity to read it. I have added the stories to the three records."
Records= the Roster on the Indiana Military Site: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/RosterZOHO.htm
Expanding on the names included :
Neel, Samuel R. Jr. 422 Corps of Chaplains POW Stalag 9B received Combat Infantry Badge & Bronze Star
Rockwell, Malcom H., Cpt, CO 589/C KIA 12-17-44 buried Henri Chapelle CIB, PH, Bronze Star
Anderson, Myron B., Pfc. 424 AT KIA 12/16/44 Combat Infantry Badge
Review etc. on Good Reads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/1819759.The_Greatest_Generation_Speaks
Amazon Link & review: www.amazon.com/Greatest-Generation-Speaks-Letters-Reflections/dp/0812975308
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful selection of the letters Tom Brokaw received in response to his towering #1 bestseller The Greatest Generation.
In the phenomenal bestseller The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw paid affecting tribute to those who gave the world so much—and who left an enduring legacy of courage and conviction. The Greatest Generation Speaks collects the vast outpouring of letters Brokaw received from men and women eager to share their intensely personal stories of a momentous time in America’s history. Some letters tell of the front during the war, others recall loved ones in harm’s way in distant places. They offer first-hand accounts of battles, poignant reflections on loneliness, exuberant expressions of love, and somber feelings of loss.
As Brokaw notes, “If we are to heed the past to prepare for the future, we should listen to these quiet voices of a generation that speaks to us of duty and honor, sacrifice and accomplishment. I hope more of their stories will be preserved and cherished as reminders of all that we owe them and all that we can learn from them.”
TOM BROKAW writes:
“When I wrote about the men and women who came out of the Depression, who won great victories and made lasting sacrifices in World War II and then returned home to begin building the world we have today—the people I called the Greatest Generation—it was my way of saying thank you. But I was not prepared for the avalanche of letters and responses touched off by that book. I had written a book about America, and now America was writing back.”
A NOTE FROM JIM WEST--of the Indiana Military Site reads:
"In case you have read Tom Brokaw’s “The Greatest Generation Speaks”, three 106th members are mentioned:"
Sam Neel, Jr.
Malcolm Rockwell
Myron Anderson
I’ve had the book for a few years but only now had the time and opportunity to read it. I have added the stories to the three records."
Records= the Roster on the Indiana Military Site: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Rosters/RosterZOHO.htm
Expanding on the names included :
Neel, Samuel R. Jr. 422 Corps of Chaplains POW Stalag 9B received Combat Infantry Badge & Bronze Star
Rockwell, Malcom H., Cpt, CO 589/C KIA 12-17-44 buried Henri Chapelle CIB, PH, Bronze Star
Anderson, Myron B., Pfc. 424 AT KIA 12/16/44 Combat Infantry Badge
Review etc. on Good Reads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/1819759.The_Greatest_Generation_Speaks
Amazon Link & review: www.amazon.com/Greatest-Generation-Speaks-Letters-Reflections/dp/0812975308
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful selection of the letters Tom Brokaw received in response to his towering #1 bestseller The Greatest Generation.
In the phenomenal bestseller The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw paid affecting tribute to those who gave the world so much—and who left an enduring legacy of courage and conviction. The Greatest Generation Speaks collects the vast outpouring of letters Brokaw received from men and women eager to share their intensely personal stories of a momentous time in America’s history. Some letters tell of the front during the war, others recall loved ones in harm’s way in distant places. They offer first-hand accounts of battles, poignant reflections on loneliness, exuberant expressions of love, and somber feelings of loss.
As Brokaw notes, “If we are to heed the past to prepare for the future, we should listen to these quiet voices of a generation that speaks to us of duty and honor, sacrifice and accomplishment. I hope more of their stories will be preserved and cherished as reminders of all that we owe them and all that we can learn from them.”
TOM BROKAW writes:
“When I wrote about the men and women who came out of the Depression, who won great victories and made lasting sacrifices in World War II and then returned home to begin building the world we have today—the people I called the Greatest Generation—it was my way of saying thank you. But I was not prepared for the avalanche of letters and responses touched off by that book. I had written a book about America, and now America was writing back.”