Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives
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| Издатель | | Hyperion Book CH |
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Содержание:
Юнкера, Впотьмах, Молох, Прапорщик армейский, Олеся, На переломе (Кадеты), Поединок, Суламифь, Гранатовый браслет, Яма, Колесо времени, Жанета, Купол Св. Исаакия Далматского, Звезда Соломона, Жидкое солнце, "Настоящий художник, громадный талант…"
Описание:
Based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning story, Jim Sheeler?s unprecedented look at the way our country honors its dead; Final Salute Is a stunning tribute to the brave troops who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan and to the families who continue to mourn them They are the troops that nobody wants to see, carrying a message that no military family ever wants to hear. It begins with a knock at the door. ?The curtains pull away. They come to the door. And they know. They always know,? said Major Steve Beck. Since the start of the war in Iraq, marines like Major Beck found themselves thrown into a different kind of mission: casualty notification. It is a job Major Beck never asked for and one for which he received no training. They are given no set rules, only impersonal guidelines. Marines are trained to kill, to break down doors, but casualty notification is a mission without weapons. For Beck, the mission meant learning each dead marine?s name and nickname, touching the toys...Похожие книги
