A Compendium - W. Thomas McQueeney

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Résumé :
There's a balance between can't put this book down as too interesting and can't pick this book up as too heavy. For that reason, these stories are limited to 79 testimonials about those brave fathers - and mothers - who served in World War II. The book includes first-hand accounts, rare and previously unpublished photographs, and preened excerpts from researched recordings. Nearly eight decades after this world calamity, a compendium of heroic war stories was developed from interaction between their children. The Greatest Generation rarely spoke about their exploits to defend liberty and dispose of tyrants. To delve into the archives to find the morsels of reality that pervaded this six-year conflict has become a must read that enhances those historical accounts. Wars are misery defined. Yet these poignant insights, journal notes, telegrams, letters, and the words of those who comported those actions bring that vivid reality to the fore....

Biographie:
W. Thomas McQueeney has authored sixteen books, over one hundred magazine and newspaper articles, and the 2022 script (three-season screenplay) The Oracle of WiFi. He is a 1974 graduate of The Citadel and has served on the college's trustee board. The governor of his state cited his philanthropic and community involvement by the honor of South Carolina's highest award - The Order of the Palmetto (2009).The author has chaired and served on more than two dozen community boards, most notably serving as the Chairman of the Board of the National Medal of Honor Leadership & Education Center. He served as president of the State of South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame, chairman of the $44.5 million Johnson Hagood Stadium Revitalization committee, and Chairman of the Southern Conference Basketball Championships.The author's other avocations are travel, art, golf, and history. His fifth avocation is the personal and sincere interaction he cherishes among his life's collection of friendships. Tommy is the fourth of the nine McQueeney children. He is married and has five children and five grandchildren....

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