Searching for Augusta e-bog
107,91 DKK
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A brutal siege. A forgotten heroine. A war-torn romance. And a historian determined to uncover the truth.Untold millions who saw and read Band of Brothers can finally know the whole story of what happened to American soldiers and civilians in Bastogne during that arduous Winter of 1944/45. In the television version of Band of Brothers, a passing reference is made to an African nurse assisting i...
E-bog
107,91 DKK
Forlag
Lyons Press
Udgivet
1 september 2017
Længde
256 sider
Genrer
1DDB
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781493029082
A brutal siege. A forgotten heroine. A war-torn romance. And a historian determined to uncover the truth.Untold millions who saw and read Band of Brothers can finally know the whole story of what happened to American soldiers and civilians in Bastogne during that arduous Winter of 1944/45. In the television version of Band of Brothers, a passing reference is made to an African nurse assisting in an aid station in Bastogne. When military historian Martin King watched the episode, he had to know who that woman was; thus began a multi-year odyssey that revealed the horror of a town under siege as well as an improbable love story between a white Army medic, Jack Prior, and his black nurse, Augusta Chiwy, as they saved countless lives while under constant bombardment. Based on the recent discovery of Priors diary as well as an exhaustive and occasionally futile search for Augusta herself, King was at last able to bring belated recognition of Augustas incredible story by both the U.S. Army and Belgian government shortly before she died. This is not only a little-known story of the Battle of the Bulge, but also the authors own relentless mission to locate Augusta and bestow upon her the honors she so richly deserved.