WHEN I RETURN IN SPRING
Subtitle: A PROMISE KEPT
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: May 26, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781418437947
Subjects: Historical fiction; Modern fiction; Historical - General; Fiction / Historical; Fiction; Fiction - Historical
Description: "When I Return in Spring" is the true-to-life story of avery troubled time in our nation's history when families were torn apart by thecall to arms, and our American way of life was threatened by the enemies offreedom. It is written in a novel format in order to make it more readerfriendly.This historic account of World War II is as a firm reminderthat our freedom cannot be taken for granted, but that it has been purchasedwith a price and must be earned anew by each generation.It is one soldier's personal account of the bitter air warover Germany where more that fifty percent of those sent into combat failed toreturn. It brings to light a little known death march of fivethousand American prisoners of war, forced to walk for over five hundred milesacross Germany in the dead of winter on a starvation diet, where over twothousand of them died of exposure, disease and starvation. Because war does not present a pretty picture, the authorhas seen fit to dull the graphic scenes of violence to avoid offense to tenderminds.¿ The story line and language,devoid of vulgarity, crudeness and profanity, have been adapted for the familyaudience and can be enjoyed by young and old alike, and is often read as a family project. Delbert D.Lambson