《forever a soldier》是2006年Random House US出版的圖書，作者是Tom Wiener。
基本介紹
- 中文名：forever a soldier
- 作者：Tom Wiener
- 出版社：Random House US
- ISBN：9780792262077
內容簡介,圖書目錄,作者簡介,
內容簡介
Forever a Soldier captures the personal side of war in 37extraordinary narratives that bear eloquent witness to both thelife-changing experience of battle and to the unflagging spiritthat sustained countless ordinary Americans plunged into the bloodyconflicts of the deadliest, most destructive century in humanhistory. Culled from letters, diaries, private memoirs, and oralhistories collected by the Library of Congress Veterans HistoryProject, their stories paint an unforgettable group portrait of ourcountry's armed forces.Some tell of frontline action: a doughboy's 1918 baptism of fire: abattleship gunner's grim duel with Japanese planes; a femalefighter pilot's capture by Iraqis during the Gulf War. Others evokemoments of relief and reflection, or recall deeply moving episodes:two wounded soldiers—one German, one American—clasping hands in thewordless brotherhood of pain; a POW whose faith gave him thestrength to endure torture in the notorious "Hanoi Hilton;" a GI'slifelong grief for a buddy killed on the last day of World War IIin Europe.Forever a Soldier presents famous incidents like the sinking of theUSS Indianapolis and her survivors' terrifying ordeal in theshark-infested Pacific, and heroic figures like John McCain, butit's the long-untold stories of unheralded patriots that bestreveal the universal truths of war: courage and fear, horror andexhilaration, sorrow and triumph—the shared legacy of everyAmerican veteran, and a debt of honor the rest of us must respectbut can never repay.
圖書目錄
Foreword by Tom Wiener
Introduction by Andrew Carroll
Ch. 1 On the front lines
1
Present at the beginning by Raymond Brittain
3
First into Europe by Albert Hassenzahl
13
The modern near-ace by Robert Powell
19
The soldier of 10,000 rounds by John Sudyk
28
Addressing spirituality by Raffi Bahadarian
35
The spirit if not the letter by Hillie John Franz
40
The second time around by Kenneth Ray Rodgers
45
Ch. 2 The brotherhood
51
Everybody's bud by Asa Charles Ball
53
Joining the brotherhood by Richard DeLeon
58
The illusion of brotherhood by Robert Dunning
65
The self-contained soldier by Philip Randazzo
77
The careful soldier by Charles Remsburg
87
Ch. 3 The healers
99
Into action with the boys by Ruth Deloris Buckley
101
The reluctant physician by Dodson Curry
109
Holding back nothing by Eugene Curtin
117
The little sister by Julia Grabner Haskell
122
The straight-arrow nurse by Frances Liberty
130
Healing hands by Wendy Wamsley Taines
138
The forgiving nurse by Carolyn Hisako Tanaka
146
Ch. 4 Groundbreakers
155
The unsung pioneer by Darlene Iskra
156
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作者簡介
Tom Wiener is the chief historian of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project and the editor of Voices of War: Stories of Service From the Home Front and the Frontlines. His articles and reviews have appeared in numerous publications. He lives in Washington, D.C.
