Post by connie on Feb 19, 2011 14:20:09 GMT -5
Healing the Child Warrior, A Search for Inner Peace
by: Richard Peterson, PhD
Published in 1992.
Peterson, who passed away in 2003, was a member of the 106 Infantry Division's 423 I weapons platoon (and a POW at IX A & B).
GOOD READS with links to Amazon and bookstores: www.goodreads.com/book/show/1577089.Healing_the_Child_Warrior.
Note: The book appears to be out of print, but copies can still be found...
Here's the summary found on Google:
History - 200 pages
Two American infantry regiments completely disappeared during a fierce German Army attack in December, 1944. The division After Action report dispassionately stated, "The fate of the officers & men in the two regiments is unknown."
Introduced by General Oliver Patton, HEALING THE CHILD WARRIOR vividly describes the events of that battle fought in the dark, silent & evil Ardennes forest of Germany. Told from the viewpoint of the men who fought the largest land battle in history, the Battle of the Bulge, this account also explores the lifelong effects of combat & the appalling privation of German prison camps on these young soldiers. If they survived, their feelings of personal failure often tainted their welcome home.
Not until thirty-five years later did the medical profession finally recognize Post Traumatic Stress Disorder & acknowledge their suffering.
HEALING THE CHILD WARRIOR is the little-known story of the men in the lost regiments. The author shared the fate of these abandoned soldiers. Years later he began his search for personal peace of mind & an understanding of his one-time enemy. This chronicle of the battle & his return to the battlefields & prison camps is factual & fascinating.
Indiana Military Site Book Review: www.indianamilitary.org/MAINMILITARY/Shop%20in%20the%20PX/106th/106th_infantry_division.htm
Healing the Child Warrior by Richard Peterson, is a book to give to your children and grandchildren. It recounts what you couldn't tell them about December 1944 when two entire infantry regiments and many smaller groups of soldiers totally disappeared in the Ardennes Forest of Germany.
The author, now a psychotherapist, was there as an infantry sergeant. He captures the furious fighting in the first days of the Battle of the Bulge, and the long lasting effects of combat on the young soldiers who fought in it.
He recounts the suffering and despair of prisoners of war, especially in Stalag IXB and Stalag IXA. He discusses and analyzes the feelings of confusion and withdrawal after the return home.
by: Richard Peterson, PhD
Published in 1992.
Peterson, who passed away in 2003, was a member of the 106 Infantry Division's 423 I weapons platoon (and a POW at IX A & B).
GOOD READS with links to Amazon and bookstores: www.goodreads.com/book/show/1577089.Healing_the_Child_Warrior.
Note: The book appears to be out of print, but copies can still be found...
Here's the summary found on Google:
History - 200 pages
Two American infantry regiments completely disappeared during a fierce German Army attack in December, 1944. The division After Action report dispassionately stated, "The fate of the officers & men in the two regiments is unknown."
Introduced by General Oliver Patton, HEALING THE CHILD WARRIOR vividly describes the events of that battle fought in the dark, silent & evil Ardennes forest of Germany. Told from the viewpoint of the men who fought the largest land battle in history, the Battle of the Bulge, this account also explores the lifelong effects of combat & the appalling privation of German prison camps on these young soldiers. If they survived, their feelings of personal failure often tainted their welcome home.
Not until thirty-five years later did the medical profession finally recognize Post Traumatic Stress Disorder & acknowledge their suffering.
HEALING THE CHILD WARRIOR is the little-known story of the men in the lost regiments. The author shared the fate of these abandoned soldiers. Years later he began his search for personal peace of mind & an understanding of his one-time enemy. This chronicle of the battle & his return to the battlefields & prison camps is factual & fascinating.
Indiana Military Site Book Review: www.indianamilitary.org/MAINMILITARY/Shop%20in%20the%20PX/106th/106th_infantry_division.htm
Healing the Child Warrior by Richard Peterson, is a book to give to your children and grandchildren. It recounts what you couldn't tell them about December 1944 when two entire infantry regiments and many smaller groups of soldiers totally disappeared in the Ardennes Forest of Germany.
The author, now a psychotherapist, was there as an infantry sergeant. He captures the furious fighting in the first days of the Battle of the Bulge, and the long lasting effects of combat on the young soldiers who fought in it.
He recounts the suffering and despair of prisoners of war, especially in Stalag IXB and Stalag IXA. He discusses and analyzes the feelings of confusion and withdrawal after the return home.
