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You are Not Forgotten

The Story of a Lost World War II Pilot and a Twenty-First-Century Soldier's Mission to Bring Him Home
BuchGebunden
336 Seiten
Englisch
An inspiring and epic tale of loss and redemption about two American servicemen: a Marine Corps pilot who was shot down in WWII and the modern-day soldier determined to bring home his remains six decades later. Major George Eyster V comes from a long line of military officers, dating back to the Revolutionary War. Army service was George's family legacy, but his tour of duty in Iraq left him disillusioned and questioning. He was making plans to end his army career but was offered a posting to J-PAC, an elite division armed with the latest detection and forensic technology. J-PAC's sole mission is to fulfill a solemn promise at the heart of the military code: bring all fallen soldiers home to the country for which they gave their lives. In 1944 Captain Ryan McCown, a dashing young Marine aviator assigned to the USS Nassau, was shot down over the jungles of Papua, New Guinea. McCown's diaries and letters home to his family and fiancee provide a moving, powerful portrait of the fears and costs of a very different war and underscore the pathos of the ultimate cost of duty.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextAn inspiring and epic tale of loss and redemption about two American servicemen: a Marine Corps pilot who was shot down in WWII and the modern-day soldier determined to bring home his remains six decades later. Major George Eyster V comes from a long line of military officers, dating back to the Revolutionary War. Army service was George's family legacy, but his tour of duty in Iraq left him disillusioned and questioning. He was making plans to end his army career but was offered a posting to J-PAC, an elite division armed with the latest detection and forensic technology. J-PAC's sole mission is to fulfill a solemn promise at the heart of the military code: bring all fallen soldiers home to the country for which they gave their lives. In 1944 Captain Ryan McCown, a dashing young Marine aviator assigned to the USS Nassau, was shot down over the jungles of Papua, New Guinea. McCown's diaries and letters home to his family and fiancee provide a moving, powerful portrait of the fears and costs of a very different war and underscore the pathos of the ultimate cost of duty.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-385-53517-5
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2013
Erscheinungsdatum29.10.2013
Seiten336 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 167 mm, Höhe 244 mm, Dicke 35 mm
Gewicht697 g
Artikel-Nr.56434938
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Kritik
"[Bryan Bender's] reporting is impressive, but the storytelling is what distinguishes this account of identifying the remains of military casualties decades after they died in war...Any reader who wonders about the significance of such a mission will have no reservations by the end of this well-structured, well-written book."--"Kirkus Reviews," starred review "Anyone who cares about honor and sacrifice should read this book. "You Are Not Forgotten" eloquently captures what it means to serve a purpose larger than oneself, and how that service ennobles us all. In his powerful and insightful telling of the twinned stories of George Eyster V and Ryan McCown Jr., Bryan Bender has delivered a gripping, at times wrenching, portrait of two heroes and of the nation that forged them."--Mitchell Zuckoff, author of "Frozen in Time" and "Lost in Shangri-La" "Bryan Bender has written an epic drama of the journey men make back into the world, to their families, and to themselves, after great loss. This is poignant, exhilarating storytelling, reminiscent of the wrenching -- and redemptive -- search by James Bradley for his father in "Flags Of Our Fathers," and Louis Zamperini's own homecoming in "Unbroken." "You Are Not Forgotten" is gritty and emotional, bringing to life at least two major wars and speaking as much to a World War II generation as it does to all of us, men and women, today. This gripping tale reaches across decades with this offering: "Come home. Welcome home." This is history and reporting at its most engrossing."--Doug Stanton, author of "In Harm's Way" and "Horse Soldiers"" ""Bryan Bender's "You Are Not Forgotten" is destined to be a classic. It tells an astonishing story of war, then and now, held in place by the pilot's code. When a Charleston boy, Major Marion "Ryan" McCown, is lost during a terrible air battle over the island of New Guinea, his remains lie undiscovered on a jungle hillside until George Eyster V receives o
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Autor

BRYAN BENDER got his start in journalism as a writer for "Inside the Army" and as a military correspondent for publications such as "Jane's Defense Weekly." He is the national security reporter for "The Boston Globe," a job for which he has traveled the globe covering operations at military outposts and training bases, aboard submarines and warships, and in combat aircraft over hostile territory.
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