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A Young Man On the Front Line
Lessons of War
by
Elaine Makas, Ph.D.
Genre/s
Biography / Memoir
Publish Date
October 2, 2020
Short Description
Maybe you will love the story as a daughter’s unfailing love and admiration for her father; maybe you will love the story as you make the journey with Sgt. Makas and his men through the liberation of Bavaria in 1944-45; maybe you will love the story because it is true and uses all primary sources; maybe you will love the story because it demonstrates the strength of the American character and the values of our Founding Fathers in the mist of war; maybe you will love the story because it is about endurance, trauma and overcoming; and maybe you will love the story because it is an allegory for the higher calling of the human spirit. Either/or, I suspect, you will love the story!
$19.99
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Description
The Story, Young Man on the Front Line: Lessons of War, is a true story of a young man on the front line of war. The story chronicles his experience becoming a soldier, his soldiering days and his ability to reconcile his life in the aftermath of his war experiences. As a reader you become a fellow traveler with Chris on his journey of war, trauma, adaptation and self-acceptance while contemplating ‘lessons of war’ – all within the historic realities of World War II.
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“Our orders were clear, “Take the high ground.” Simple. Take the high ground. The advantage is always to the persons on the high ground. We attacked. We were beaten back. We attacked again. We were beaten back. We attacked again – same result.
We looked at our Captain. “They’re too strong Captain. We can’t take the ground.”
For which the Captain replied the words forever opening all our eyes to war, “We keep trying until none of us are left standing.” That was the moment. We awoke to war. The moment we became soldiers. The next time we attacked we made sure to take our objective.
…later, I realized the internal damage of the day. At the age of 20, I was both a hero and a killer.”
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This book is a memoir that reminds us some lessons must never be forgotten.
David Poyer, author of Violent Peace and Heroes of Annapolis.
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This book will make you think “BIGGER!”
Brady Schuler, Master Teacher, U.S. History
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Sgt. Chris Makas was a cast member of a generation.
Ben M. Colcol, (ret) US Army Corps of Engineers, Chief Engineer, 63rd ARCOM, 1984
