The Things Our Fathers Saw: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA-Voices of the Pacific Theater

by Matthew A. Rozell

Book Overview

At the height of World War II, LOOK Magazine profiled a small American community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Decades later, author Matthew Rozell tracks down over thirty survivors who fought the war in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to the surrender at Tokyo Bay. The book resurrects firsthand accounts of combat and brotherhood, of captivity and redemption, and the aftermath...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0996480005
• ISBN13: 9780996480000
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Woodchuck Hollow Studios Incorporated
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Beautifully written

This book. Wow. My father served in the Pacific theater and of course, he never talked about it with his kids. He did tell my husband some stories, which I learned about many years later, after my dad had died from causes related to drinking a LOT of alcohol. Now I get it. During the course of reading this amazing account, I cried for my dad and for all the people who suffered, were tortured and lived to tell their stories. The kids who died fighting yet another senseless war hit me pretty hard for their parents, as I lost a son (car accident, not war). The stories are conveyed as a matter of fact and very down to earth. Mr Rozell: hats off to you for a stunning narrative about our fathers. And, although I cannot possibly know what they went through, I understand a little bit better.