One Soldiers Story : A Memoir

English

ISBN: 0060763418

EAN: 9780060763411

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Political/History / Military / World War Ii/

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: 04/01/2005

Synopsis: At last, in his own words, Bob Dole tells his legendary World War II story a personal odyssey of tremendous courage, sacrifice, and faith. In One Soldiers Story, Bob Dole tells the moving, inspirational story of his harrowing experience in World War II, and how he overcame lifethreatening injuries long before rising to the top of the U.S. Senate. As a platoon leader in the famed 10th Mountain Division, twentyoneyearold Bob Dole was gravely wounded on a hill in the Italian Alps just two weeks before the end of the war. Trying to pull his radioman to safety during a firefight against a fortified German position, Dole was hit with shrapnel across his right shoulder and back. Over the next three years, not expected to survive, he lapsed in and out of a coma, lost a kidney, lost the use of his right arm and most of the feeling in his left arm. But he willed himself to live. Drawing on nearly 300 neverbeforeseen letters between him and his family during this period, Dole offers a powerful, vivid portrait of one mans struggle to survive in the closing moments of the war. With insight and candour, Dole also focuses on the words, actions, and selfless deeds of countless American heroes with whom he served, including two fellow injured soldiers who later joined him in the Senate, capturing the singular qualities of his generation. He speaks here not as a politician, but as a wounded G.I. who went on to become one of our nations most respected statesmen. In doing so, he gives us a heartfelt story of uncommon bravery and personal faith in himself, his fellow man, and a greater power. This is the World War II chronicle that America has been waiting for.

Awards: Christopher Book Awards – null 

One Soldiers Story : A Memoir

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 6.25 inches

Length: 9.25 inches

Weight: 19.58 oz

Pages: 304