Yorkey Mike
Yorkey Mike - At First Light A True World War Ii Story Of A Hero His Bravery And An Amazing Horse - Hardcover
Yorkey Mike - At First Light A True World War Ii Story Of A Hero His Bravery And An Amazing Horse - Hardcover
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Description: Winner of The Page Turner Non - Fiction Book Award The Page Turner Golden Author Award and The Page Turner Best Book Award in True Stories What makes 2nd Lieutenant Phil Larimore's story special is what happened in World War II's closing days and the people and horses he interacted with in this Forrest Gump - like tale that is emotional heartbreaking and inspiring. Growing up in the 1930s in Memphis Tennessee Phil Larimore is the ultimate Boy Scout able to read maps put a compass to good use and traverse wild swamps and desolate canyons. His other great skill is riding horses. Phil does poorly in school however leading his parents send to him to a military academy. After Pearl Harbor Phil realizes he is destined for war. Three weeks before his eighteenth birthday he becomes the youngest candidate to ever graduate from Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning Georgia. Landing on the Anzio beachhead in February 1944, Phil is put in charge of an Ammunition Pioneer Platoon in the 3rd Infantry Division. Their job: deliver ammunition to the frontline foxholes a dangerous assignment involving regular forays into No Man's Land. As Phil fights his way up the Italian boot into Southern France and across the Rhine River into Germany he is caught up in some of the most intense combat ever. But it's what happens in the final stages of the war and his homecoming that makes Phil's story incredibly special and heartwarming. An emotional tale of courage daring and heroism At First Light will remind you of the indomitable human spirit that lives in all of us.
Title: At First Light A True World War Ii Story Of A Hero His Bravery And An Amazing Horse
Author(s): Yorkey Mike
Publisher: Permuted Press
Barcode: 9781642939590
Pages: 480 Pages
Publication Date: 4/19/2022
Category: Second World War
Description: Winner of The Page Turner Non - Fiction Book Award The Page Turner Golden Author Award and The Page Turner Best Book Award in True Stories What makes 2nd Lieutenant Phil Larimore's story special is what happened in World War II's closing days and the people and horses he interacted with in this Forrest Gump - like tale that is emotional heartbreaking and inspiring. Growing up in the 1930s in Memphis Tennessee Phil Larimore is the ultimate Boy Scout able to read maps put a compass to good use and traverse wild swamps and desolate canyons. His other great skill is riding horses. Phil does poorly in school however leading his parents send to him to a military academy. After Pearl Harbor Phil realizes he is destined for war. Three weeks before his eighteenth birthday he becomes the youngest candidate to ever graduate from Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning Georgia. Landing on the Anzio beachhead in February 1944, Phil is put in charge of an Ammunition Pioneer Platoon in the 3rd Infantry Division. Their job: deliver ammunition to the frontline foxholes a dangerous assignment involving regular forays into No Man's Land. As Phil fights his way up the Italian boot into Southern France and across the Rhine River into Germany he is caught up in some of the most intense combat ever. But it's what happens in the final stages of the war and his homecoming that makes Phil's story incredibly special and heartwarming. An emotional tale of courage daring and heroism At First Light will remind you of the indomitable human spirit that lives in all of us.
Title: At First Light A True World War Ii Story Of A Hero His Bravery And An Amazing Horse
Author(s): Yorkey Mike
Publisher: Permuted Press
Barcode: 9781642939590
Pages: 480 Pages
Publication Date: 4/19/2022
Category: Second World War
