|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910823803603321 |
|
|
Autore |
Tocquigny Rick <1955-> |
|
|
Titolo |
Life lessons from veterans / / Rick Tocquigny |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , 2016 |
|
©2016 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (149 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Veterans - United States |
Soldiers - United States |
World War, 1939-1945 - United States |
Conduct of life |
United States Armed Forces Biography |
United States History, Military 20th century Biography |
United States History, Military 21st century Biography |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Writing History. The Veterans History Project; THE HEART OF VETERANS; Life Lesson #1. Our Squadron Janitor; Life Lesson #2. The School Desks; Life Lesson #3. Mother Lode; Life Lesson #4. Duty, Honor, Loyalty; Veterans Day; Life Lesson #5. War Pierces the Soul; Life Lesson #6. Size of the Heart; Life Lesson #7. War and the Textbook Education; HEROICS; Life Lesson #8. Remember Bataan; Life Lesson #9. Adapt and React; Life Lesson #10. You Had the Rice Seeds; Life Lesson #11. Code Talker; Life Lesson #12. Wings Across America: Heroic WASPs |
Life Lesson #13. We Grew Up Overnight at the Battle of the BulgeLife Lesson #14. M.A.S.H. Innovation; IN THE TRENCHES; Life Lesson #15. Far Better to Dare Mighty Things; A Fighter's Lament; Life Lesson #16. They Won't Shoot Crazy People; Life Lesson #17. Semper Fi Leadership; Life Lesson #18. True Nods of Recognition; Somewhere in the Pacific; Life Lesson #19. Fly through Life with Bravado, Regardless of the Conditions; Rifleman's Creed; Life Lesson #20. The Helmet; Life Lesson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#21. Too Young; Perhaps in Death I'll Understand; Life Lesson #22. What's in a Name? |
Life Lesson #23. Believable Leadership WorksAFTER THE BATTLE; Life Lesson #24. Moving On; Life Lesson #25. Honoring Selflessness; Life Lesson #26. The Darkest Moment; Life Lesson #27. Undercurrent of True Leadership; Life Lesson #28. Enlightening Afghans Her Way; Life Lesson #29. It Was a Way of Life; Life Lesson #30. Lean In; Life Lesson #31. Dealing with Guilt; Life Lesson #32. Speed Up the Epiphany; Life Lesson #33. Duty and Honor Return Home to Sherman, Texas; Life Lesson #34. Twelve Layers of Manhood; Life Lesson #35. Bridging the Gap of Misunderstanding |
Life Lesson #36. Looking for the LegacyLife Lesson #37. Sliver of Humanity; Life Lesson #38. Getting a Leg Up; Life Lesson #39. Jacob's Ladder; Life Lesson #40. VE Day: Solemn Gratitude and Mixed Jubilation; Life Lesson #41. Still Playing Taps; Epilogue. History Is in Your Hands; Text Credits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
In simple, poignant narrative, Life Lessons from Veterans presents an array of personal stories-from nightmarish fights on the islands of Iwo Jima to the shores of Normandy on D-Day. Life Lessons from Veterans provides a new voice to the bravery and sacrifice of the American soldier defending our freedom through more than thirty stories. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |