The Moonlight Cavalry - Lynn Ellen Doxon

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Résumé :
As Lieutenant Gene Sinclair lands on his first Pacific island he begins the island-hopping journey that will mature and harden him. Attached to the 24th Infantry division, he stays close to the front lines of the Pacific war. He soon meets all that World War II can throw at him. Surviving accidents, injuries, a typhoon, supply shortages, and malaria accompanied by hallucinations, watching comrades die from friendly fire and succumb to battle fatigue and tropical diseases, Gene develops the fortitude to lead his battery and survive this hell on earth. That is, until a special mission almost proves to be Gene's undoing, and he struggles to find the strength to go on. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Sarah Gale grows from a na?ive farm girl to a world wise WAC photo interpreter, keeping Gene up to date on her adventures through frequent letters--...

Biographie:
Lynn started writing in 2nd grade, although she made up stories from the time she learned to talk. Her books relate to a different part of her life. The Greatest Generation Series is loosely based on her father's experience in World War II. Lynn lives amid a permaculture food forest in Albuquerque with her husband, the three youngest of their six children, her 98 year old mother, four cats, three dogs, two fish and one hermit crab.

Sommaire:
A soldier's journey through hell and back in the Pacific Theater.

Lieutenant Gene Sinclair never imagined war would be like this. Training is over, and Gene begins the Pacific island hopping that will mature and harden him, and all the other GIs. Attached to the 24th Infantry Division, Gene's anti-aircraft unit stays close to the front lines of the war. He soon meets all that World War II can throw at him: accidents, injury, typhoons, supply shortages, hallucination-filled malaria, and the death of his friends.

All the while Gene tries to hold onto the love of his life, Sarah Gale, through the tenuous lifeline of infrequent letters. Sarah Gale is on her own journey as a WAC photo interpreter and faces her own dangers that Gene cannot prevent when she's posted to China. Through it all Gene develops the fortitude to lead his battery and survive this hell on earth. That is, until a special mission almost proves to be Gene's undoing.