Dachaun vapauttaja kertoo yhdysvaltalaisupseeri Felix Sparksista ja tämän ukkoslinnuiksi kutsutuista jalkaväkirykmentin miehistä, jotka taistelivat Euroopan eri sotakentillä yli 500 päivän ajan nähden kauhuja, joita useimmat heistä eivät unohtaneet koskaan. Kirja keskittyy erityisesti Sparksin ta...
Starting with riding the rails during the great depression, Felix Sparks bootstrapped his way into college. When the war came, he became an officer in the Thunderbird Division of the US Army, and went ashore at Sicily. Sparks served with the Thunderbirds up through the Italian Peninsula, then on ...
Sad, compelling, and important. The story this book tells is infinitely relatable to anyone who lived in a small town in America. My Grandfather served in the war and grew up in a very similarly sized town in Maine. I remember hearing their stories of how the war impacted the town. I can't imagin...