Bones of My Grandfather (eBook)

Reclaiming a Lost Hero of World War II

Clay Bonnyman Evans (Autor)

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2018
324 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-3062-5 (ISBN)

Infos

';War, reclamation, and what Tim O'Brien called "e;the Lives of the Dead"e; are eternal literary themes for men. Clay Bonnyman Evans has honored that lineage with this masterful melding of military history and personal quest.'Ron Powers, co-author of New York Times #1 bestsellers Flags of Our Fathers and True Compass, along with No One Cares About Crazy People and othersIn November 1943, Marine 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman, Jr. was mortally wounded while leading a successful assault on a critical Japanese fortification on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military honor. The brutal, bloody 76-hour battle would ultimately claim the lives of more than 1,100 Marines and 5,000 Japanese forces. But Bonnyman's remains, along with those of hundreds of other Marines, were hastily buried and lost to history following the battle, and it would take an extraordinary effort by a determined group of dedicated civilians to find him. In 2010, having become disillusioned with the U.S. government's half-hearted efforts to recover the "e;lost Marines of Tarawa,"e; Bonnyman's grandson, Clay Bonnyman Evans, was privileged to join the efforts of History Flight, Inc., a non-governmental organization dedicated to finding and repatriating the remains of lost U.S. service personnel. In Bones of My Grandfather, Evans tells the remarkable story of History Flight's mission to recover hundreds of Marines long lost to history in the sands of Tarawa. Even as the organization begins to unearth the physical past on a remote Pacific island, Evans begins his own quest to unearth the reclaim the true history of his grandfather, a charismatic, complicated hero whose life had been whitewashed, sanitized and diminished over the decades. On May 29, 2015, Evans knelt beside a History Flight archaeologist as she uncovered the long-lost, well-preserved remains of of his grandfather. And more than seventy years after giving his life for his country, a World War II hero finally came home.

Autor

Clay Bonnyman Evans is a native of Colorado. After a first try at college, he spent seven years working as a cowboy before returning to his first love, journalism. He has worked for the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, and Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado), and other publications. He is the author of three previous books, a memoir about his cowboy days, a children’s book, and a history of an iconic Colorado store, and has published hundreds of freelance stories in dozens of publications. He lives with his wife in Hilton Head Island and Boulder, and enjoys dogs, running, bicycling, and long-distance hiking.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.7.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Alexander Bonnyman Jr • Amphibious • amphibious landing • Arms • Assault • atomic bomb • attack on hiroshima • beach assault • beachhead assault • Betio • bombing of hiroshima • bombing of japan • Bonnyman • combat • combat engineers • defensive war • engineers • Front Line • hiroshima bombing • History Flight • Japan • Kia • Killed in action • lost Marines • Marine engineers • marine landing • Marines • Medal of Honor • Navy Cross • Navy Presidential Unit Citation • offensive war strategies • pacific theatre • purple heart • reclaim • reclaimed marines • special units • tarawa • troop movements • unmarked grave • US army weapons • US Marines • World War 2 • world war 2 books • world war 2 propaganda • world war 2 weapons • World War II • wounded in action • ww2 • ww2 books • WW2 propaganda • wwii books • WWII propaganda • wwii weapons
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-3062-1 / 1510730621
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-3062-5 / 9781510730625