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The Things Our Fathers Saw #1-3
World War II Generation Speaks: The Things Our Fathers Saw Series, Vols. 1-3
YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT WWII?
Did you ever actually listen to somebody who was there?
THE 3 BOOK OMNIBUS EDITION, in one 822-page binding, The Things Our Fathers Saw--The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation From Hometown, USA: VOLUMES 1-3 ...TOLD IN THEIR OWN WORDS...
From the award-winning author of the 'The Things Our Fathers Saw' World War II eyewitness history series 800 PAGES, including:
*Volume I: Voices of the Pacific Theater-
The telephone rings on the hospital floor, and they tell you it is your mother, the phone call you have been dreading. You've lost part of your face to a Japanese sniper on Okinawa, and after many surgeries, the doctor has finally told you that at 19, you will never see again. The pain and shock is one thing. But now you have to tell her, from 5000 miles away.
*Volume II: War in the Air--From the Great Depression to Combat-
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU FEEL when you wake up in a hospital and find out you killed your own mother?
JUST WHAT DO YOU DO in that moment when your plane's been hit, and you are about to crash far from home?
*Volume III: War in the Air--Combat, Captivity, and Reunion-
WHAT DO YOU FILL YOUR POCKETS WITH when you're rousted awake in the middle of a freezing German night to be death-marched across Germany?
WHEN YOUR BUDDY STAGGERS AND FALLS by the side of the road, and no longer even knows who you are, do you keep moving to keep yourself alive?
By the end of 2020, fewer than 400,000 of our WW II veterans will still be with us, out of the over 16 million who put on a uniform. But why is it that today, nobody seems to know these stories?
Maybe our veterans did not volunteer to tell us; maybe we were too busy with our own lives to ask.
"For all of us to be free, a few of us must be brave, and that is the history of America". Read how a generation of young Americans saved the world.
Because dying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is.
Did you ever actually listen to somebody who was there?
THE 3 BOOK OMNIBUS EDITION, in one 822-page binding, The Things Our Fathers Saw--The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation From Hometown, USA: VOLUMES 1-3 ...TOLD IN THEIR OWN WORDS...
From the award-winning author of the 'The Things Our Fathers Saw' World War II eyewitness history series 800 PAGES, including:
*Volume I: Voices of the Pacific Theater-
The telephone rings on the hospital floor, and they tell you it is your mother, the phone call you have been dreading. You've lost part of your face to a Japanese sniper on Okinawa, and after many surgeries, the doctor has finally told you that at 19, you will never see again. The pain and shock is one thing. But now you have to tell her, from 5000 miles away.
*Volume II: War in the Air--From the Great Depression to Combat-
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU FEEL when you wake up in a hospital and find out you killed your own mother?
JUST WHAT DO YOU DO in that moment when your plane's been hit, and you are about to crash far from home?
*Volume III: War in the Air--Combat, Captivity, and Reunion-
WHAT DO YOU FILL YOUR POCKETS WITH when you're rousted awake in the middle of a freezing German night to be death-marched across Germany?
WHEN YOUR BUDDY STAGGERS AND FALLS by the side of the road, and no longer even knows who you are, do you keep moving to keep yourself alive?
By the end of 2020, fewer than 400,000 of our WW II veterans will still be with us, out of the over 16 million who put on a uniform. But why is it that today, nobody seems to know these stories?
Maybe our veterans did not volunteer to tell us; maybe we were too busy with our own lives to ask.
"For all of us to be free, a few of us must be brave, and that is the history of America". Read how a generation of young Americans saved the world.
Because dying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is.
820 pages, Hardcover
Published December 8, 2019
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March 23, 2021
This was 3 separate books, the first one about the Marines in island ground war in the Pacific, and the other 2 were Army Air Corps in the European Theater.
I found the first one most interesting, being memories of Marines on the ground with intense landings and close combat. The air war, though told through the eyes of different men, gave less sense of what was happening beyond flak piercing the plane.
These were the memories of men who were roughly my father's age. I was born 2 months after Pearl Harbor, and I actually have a few small memories of the home front near the end of the war, letters received from family members, the Star Spangled Banner being played at the top of each hour on the radio. These books fill in details that my family would never have discussed in front of me when I was a child. I enjoyed reading these.
I found the first one most interesting, being memories of Marines on the ground with intense landings and close combat. The air war, though told through the eyes of different men, gave less sense of what was happening beyond flak piercing the plane.
These were the memories of men who were roughly my father's age. I was born 2 months after Pearl Harbor, and I actually have a few small memories of the home front near the end of the war, letters received from family members, the Star Spangled Banner being played at the top of each hour on the radio. These books fill in details that my family would never have discussed in front of me when I was a child. I enjoyed reading these.
April 22, 2021
One of the best WWII books I’ve read
I think this has officially become my all time favorite WWII book. The first hand accounts and stories from the actual veterans themselves are riveting and funny! The reminds me so much of conversations I had with my own father about the war. I would highly recommend this to any WWII buffs out there but would especially recommend it to young readers today who have no idea what these guys did to provide the freedoms we enjoy today!
I think this has officially become my all time favorite WWII book. The first hand accounts and stories from the actual veterans themselves are riveting and funny! The reminds me so much of conversations I had with my own father about the war. I would highly recommend this to any WWII buffs out there but would especially recommend it to young readers today who have no idea what these guys did to provide the freedoms we enjoy today!
January 1, 2025
Actually read volume 10-Over the Hump-different kinds of books with stories from real combat and service men in their own words. Most stories told by 80-90 year old's, so they can wander a little but I like the fact that their stories are taken verbatim as they give answers to questions. Set of 12 books received for Christmas from Tom 2024
January 15, 2023
Amazing Voices
I found this so compelling to read the words if all those men who saved us in during that time. Your reading of World WarII can’t be complete until you hear these voices
I found this so compelling to read the words if all those men who saved us in during that time. Your reading of World WarII can’t be complete until you hear these voices
July 29, 2023
What our fathers saw
Extremely well researched. Great to hear the experience s of the men who were there. That generation is slowly disappearing. Very quick read. Every thing I have read from the author has been excellent
Extremely well researched. Great to hear the experience s of the men who were there. That generation is slowly disappearing. Very quick read. Every thing I have read from the author has been excellent
January 24, 2020
Marvelous read,
I knew so little about this tremendous event. The bravery and grit of that generation...we will never see it again.
I knew so little about this tremendous event. The bravery and grit of that generation...we will never see it again.
October 19, 2022
Awesome read
This is a must read regardless of your age. Still the greatest generation, by far! Add it to your list.
This is a must read regardless of your age. Still the greatest generation, by far! Add it to your list.
March 22, 2025
Very good ok!
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