One of the many ways we can honor our countries Veteran's is to learn more about their experience's and sacrifices. To many of our youth and many others are sadly ignorant of the sacrifices our veteran living and dead have made for them and all the rest of us. Personally to honor them I spend a good deal of my reading time devoted to their history.
These are the last three books I have read on this subject and give them my full hearted endorsement.
LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell. An account of a SEAL,s training and fight in Afghanistan where he alone survived the encounter with the Taliban with much background of the men with him who didn't.
HORSE SOLDIERS, by Doug Stanton. Much of the book is devoted to these Special Forces soldier's home and prior life before the account of how they lead the Northern Alliance of Afghan Warlords to victory on horses over the Taliban just a few months after the Towers fell.
THE REMAINS OF COMPANY D, by James Carl Nelson. The Authors Grandfather was one of these Doughboys in the Great War to end all wars. All these years later it brings back these forgotten by telling who they were, where they came from, why they went and what they endured. Was especially poignant to me because my Great Uncle who I had as good as or maybe even better relationship then with my Dad, endured all that was written about in this book and came back just as he left a very good man. These men and my Uncle went over the top many times and if you don't know that term all the more reason for reading this book.
Jay
