Battle Tested Street Kid, Soldier, Teacher, Patriarch【電子書籍】[ Gregg Davis ]

＜p＞Many call them “the greatest generation”ーthose who fought in World War II. Author Gregg Patterson Davis can claim that distinction. He was a kid running the streets during the Great Depression, dodging problems created by a distant father. Then he left behind his home and high school sweetheart for the battlefields of Europeーand returned a decorated and wounded man.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As a soldier in the 89th Infantry Division, many of the “Rolling W” wrote of their experiencesーsometimes in blood. The Division spearheaded one of history’s most spectacular pursuits to win the most widespread and deadliest war in history. The men’s rugged fighting spirit thrust them through Germany during daily life-and-death experiences.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞We used to toss hard candy from our rations to German children on the streets. Instead of fear in their eyes, they looked at us in a different way. Maybe we weren’t the bad guys after all. When soldiers came back from Germany decades later, they brought back stories f．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る