From Indian Island to Omaha Beach: The D-Day Story of Charles Shay, Penobscot Indian War Hero

by Harald E.L. Prins and Bunny McBride

This volume, issued in a limited edition to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day (6 June 1944), features chapters excerpted from a forthcoming (2020) book-length biography of Penobscot Indian Elder Charles Norman Shay of Indian Island, Maine. His life story, told partly in his own words, brings to light the mostly ignored or forgotten service and sacrifice made by Native American soldiers and their communities in WWII, the Korean War and Cold...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0578497271
• ISBN13: 9780578497273
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Wisbee Creek Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"