A REMARKABLE BOOK THAT FEATURES THE UNTOLD STORIES OF WWII VETERANS. ANYONE CLOSE TO A MEMBER OF THE “GREATEST GENERATION” WILL TREASURE THESE STORIES.
WWII REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST GALVANAZING AND DEFINING EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA. SEEMINGLY OVERNIGHT, THE ENTIRE NATION UNIFIED BEHIND A SINGULAR CAUSE. BY 1945 THE SIZE OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES HAD GROWN FROM TWO MILLION TO TWELVE MILLION MEN AND WOMEN OF EVERY COLOR, RELIGION AND CREED.
SIXTY YEARS LATER, A YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER NAMED THOMAS SANDERS BEGAN TRAVELING THE COUNTRY PHOTOGRAPHING AND INTERVIEWING HUNDREDS OF WWII VETERANS. THE RESULT IS THIS RICHLY ILLUSTRATED CHRONICLE OF COURAGE AND HARDSHIP, SACRIFICE AND DETERMINATION.
THERE ARE TWO MILLIONS WWII VETERANS STILL ALIVE TODAY, BUT WITH EACH PASSING DAY THERE ARE FEWER AND FEWER. THE IMAGES AND MEMORIES IN THIS BOOK WILL PRESERVE AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF AMERICA’S HISTORY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, AND EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT PERIOD.