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Forever a Soldier captures the personal side of war in 37

extraordinary narratives that bear eloquent witness to both the

life-changing experience of battle and to the unflagging spirit

that sustained countless ordinary Americans plunged into the bloody

conflicts of the deadliest, most destructive century in human

history. Culled from letters, diaries, private memoirs, and oral

histories collected by the Library of Congress Veterans History

Project, their stories paint an unforgettable group portrait of our

country's armed forces.

Some tell of frontline action: a doughboy's 1918 baptism of fire: a

battleship gunner's grim duel with Japanese planes; a female

fighter pilot's capture by Iraqis during the Gulf War. Others evoke

moments of relief and reflection, or recall deeply moving episodes:

two wounded soldiers—one German, one American—clasping hands in the

wordless brotherhood of pain; a POW whose faith gave him the

strength to endure torture in the notorious "Hanoi Hilton;" a GI's

lifelong grief for a buddy killed on the last day of World War II

in Europe.

Forever a Soldier presents famous incidents like the sinking of the

USS Indianapolis and her survivors' terrifying ordeal in the

shark-infested Pacific, and heroic figures like John McCain, but

it's the long-untold stories of unheralded patriots that best

reveal the universal truths of war: courage and fear, horror and

exhilaration, sorrow and triumph—the shared legacy of every

American veteran, and a debt of honor the rest of us must respect

but can never repay.

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

More...

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.

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Forever a Soldier captures the personal side of war in 37 extraordinary narratives that bear eloquent witness to both the life-changing experience of battle and to the unflagging spirit that sustained countless ordinary Americans plunged into the bloody conflicts of the deadliest, most destructive century in human history. Culled from letters, diaries, private memoirs, and oral histories collected by the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, their stories paint an unforgettable group portrait of our country's armed forces.

Some tell of frontline action: a doughboy's 1918 baptism of fire: a battleship gunner's grim duel with Japanese planes; a female fighter pilot's capture by Iraqis during the Gulf War. Others evoke moments of relief and reflection, or recall deeply moving episodes: two wounded soldiers—one German, one American—clasping hands in the wordless brotherhood of pain; a POW whose faith gave him the strength to endure torture in the notorious "Hanoi Hilton;" a GI's lifelong grief for a buddy killed on the last day of World War II in Europe.

Forever a Soldier presents famous incidents like the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and her survivors' terrifying ordeal in the shark-infested Pacific, and heroic figures like John McCain, but it's the long-untold stories of unheralded patriots that best reveal the universal truths of war: courage and fear, horror and exhilaration, sorrow and triumph—the shared legacy of every American veteran, and a debt of honor the rest of us must respect but can never repay.