The Rifle
Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand
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The Rifle
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Seslendiren:
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Shawn Compton
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Andrew Biggio
The Rifle is the inspirational story of a 28-year-old US Marine, Andrew Biggio, who returned home from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, full of questions about the price of war. He found answers from those who survived the costliest war of all - WWII veterans.
It began when Biggio bought a 1945 M1 Garand Rifle, the most common rifle used in WWII, to honor his great uncle, a US Army soldier who died on the hills of the Italian countryside. When Biggio showed the gun to his neighbor, WWII veteran Corporal Joseph Drago, it unlocked memories Drago had kept unspoken for 50 years. On the spur of the moment, Biggio asked Drago to sign the rifle. Thus began this Marine's mission to find as many WWII veterans as he could, get their signatures on the rifle, and document their stories.
For two years, Biggio traveled across the country to interview America's last-living WWII veterans. Each time he put the M1 Garand Rifle in their hands, their eyes lit up with memories triggered by holding the weapon that had been with them every step of the war. With each visit and every story told to Biggio, the veterans signed their names to the rifle. Ninety-six signatures now cover that rifle, each a reminder of the price of war and the courage of our soldiers.
©2021 Andrew Biggio (P)2021 TantorSeriye devam et
What a nice surprise!
I have already read hundreds (literally) memoirs from WWII veterans, from a different armies and of different ranks. But this one is a bit different: genuine, without any "great" thoughts about fighting for freedom or against the Nazis. These are just a real soldier memoirs.
I am really grateful to the author that he managed to reach all these heroes, and registered their stories before they passed away ...
Original and genuine
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Heart felt truth from WW2 veterans
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Great deeds
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A very different way to tell the history of veterans
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Excellent
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