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Author : Väinö Linna
Release : 1982
Genre : World War, 1939-1945
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Book Synopsis The Unknown Soldier by : Väinö Linna
Download or read book The Unknown Soldier written by Väinö Linna. This book was released on 1982. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeff Gottesfeld
Release : 2021-03-16
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 367/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by : Jeff Gottesfeld
Download or read book Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier written by Jeff Gottesfeld. This book was released on 2021-03-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With every step, the Tomb Guards pay homage to America’s fallen. Discover their story, and that of the unknown soldiers they honor, through resonant words and illustrations. Keeping vigil at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, are the sentinel guards, whose every step, every turn, honors and remembers America’s fallen. They protect fellow soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, making sure they are never alone. To stand there—with absolute precision, in every type of weather, at every moment of the day, one in a line uninterrupted since midnight July 2, 1937—is the ultimate privilege and the most difficult post to earn in the army. Everything these men and women do is in service to the Unknowns. Their standard is perfection. Exactly how the unnamed men came to be entombed at Arlington, and exactly how their fellow soldiers have come to keep vigil over them, is a sobering and powerful tale, told by Jeff Gottesfeld and luminously illustrated by Matt Tavares—a tale that honors the soldiers who honor the fallen.
Author : Patrick K. O'Donnell
Release : 2018-05-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Unknowns by : Patrick K. O'Donnell
Download or read book The Unknowns written by Patrick K. O'Donnell. This book was released on 2018-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning combat historian and author of Washington’s Immortals honors the Unknown Soldier with this “gripping story” of America’s part in WWI (Washington Times). The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it now receives millions of visitors each year. “With exhaustive research and fluid prose,” historian Patrick O’Donnell illuminates the saga behind the creation of the Tomb itself, and the stories of the soldiers who took part in its consecration (Wall Street Journal). When the first Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in Arlington, General John Pershing selected eight of America’s most decorated veterans to serve as Body Bearers. These men appropriately spanned America’s service branches and specialties. Their ranks include a cowboy who relived the charge of the light brigade, an American Indian who heroically breached mountains of German barbed wire, a salty New Englander who dueled a U-boat for hours in a fierce gunfight, a tough New Yorker who sacrificed his body to save his ship, and an indomitable gunner who, though blinded by gas, nonetheless overcame five machine-gun nests. In telling the stories of these brave men, O’Donnell shines a light on the service of all veterans, including the hero they brought home. Their stories present an intimate narrative of America’s involvement in the Great War, transporting readers into the midst of dramatic battles that ultimately decided the conflict.
Author : Laura Wittman
Release : 2011-01-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the Reinvention of the Mystical Body by : Laura Wittman
Download or read book The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Modern Mourning, and the Reinvention of the Mystical Body written by Laura Wittman. This book was released on 2011-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I slutningen af 1. Verdenskrig indførte flere krigsførende lande et nyt hidtil ukendt ritual. Kroppen af en anonym soldat, død på slagmarken, blev begravet i "den ukendte soldats grav" for at symbolisere den fælles sorg over slagmarkens voldsomme traumer. Ved at undersøge hvordan forskellige lande ofte med vidt forskellig politisk og kulturel baggrund har anvendt "Den ukendte Soldat" symbolsk, hævder forfatteren, at der er skabt en ny måde at udtrykke fælles national sorg på.
Author : American Battle Monuments Commission
Release : 1957
Genre : Epinal American Cemetery (France)
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Book Synopsis Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial by : American Battle Monuments Commission
Download or read book Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial written by American Battle Monuments Commission. This book was released on 1957. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
