Oral Historian, Author, Public Speaker
D&E GerberWish I knew about this booksooner Read More My Grandmother was married prior to the man who became my grandfather. Unfortunately I did not know about this first marriage until a month or two before her death in 1999. I was recently curious and typed his name into Google to see if anything came […]
Kindle customerSweet stories, likeable man Read More Just finished the book and have to say that it was a very sweet read. Since it’s told in a rambling, storytelling, just sitting around the kitchen table drinking tea kind of style you feel like Father Joe is a dear friend who is sharing stories about his
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David S.They were all young kids Read More I found the author’s format easy to follow, and very captivating. These were men who had been raised during the depression. Some joined the Army so they could eat, as they had been jobless. Others were moved by a sense of duty. They were all members of
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Shenandoah1865Fascinating history from the guys who were there Read More I’ve been a big fan of Aaron’s for years. Thrilled to see his work on Amazon. His interviews with The Greatest Generation soldiers give us a very real glimpse of WW II through their eyes. If you are a WW II buff, do yourself a
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Susan RiceOutstanding, A Mile in Their Shoes Read More I laughed and cried a little reading some of these stories. I hope that more books like this one are written before we lose them forever. I also want to say that I appreciate and am grateful for all of our armed services for the sacrifices
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Steve SilverwoodGreat unit history! Glad to read it Read More It’s nice to have a chance to read a book where the author knows better, just gets out of the way and lets the people who were there tell their stories. Elson did a great job of organizing the stories, filling in a couple of
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James BaynhamI flew that mission Read More I knew those guys. Aaron brings them alive now 76 years later with their own voices. Steve DYou can only live it through Oral History Read More Anyone can write a story – but only those who were there can tell you what it was like. First hand,
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M. RosenGreat book on some of the last survivors of D-Day Read More A great collection of some of the men who were at D-Day and what they endured, told with frankness and honesty. Very good historical value. T.A. Thorsen, Sr.Fantastic reading Read More It was great reading the stories from the ones that actually
One last mission (excerpt) Jerry Rutigliano: I was on my 27th mission when we got shot down. See, what happened, when I first got there you had to do 25 missions. Jimmy Doolittle took over in January or February of ’44, and my first mission was in February of ’44. We got halfway through, and
Everything was swell (excerpt) In the hospitality room at the 1994 mini reunion in Bradenton, I spoke with Ellsworth Howard, who was wounded in the Falaise Gap and didn’t return to the battalion for several months. I had been hearing a lot about censored letters, so I asked him about it. “All the mail that
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