Voices of Valor : D-Day, June 6, 1944

voices of valor : d-day, june 6, 1944

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Voices of Valor : D-Day, June 6, 1944

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Published for the 60th anniversary of D-Day, VOICES OF VALOR, a lushly illustrated book with audio CDs, presents gripping, first-hand accounts of the Normandy invasion with a central narrative by one of America's preeminent historians. VOICES OF VALOR is an intimate and lasting tribute to the soldiers who fought in Normandy, featuring 40 interviews drawn from the archival holdings at the Eisenhower Center Oral History Project, the largest collection of oral histories of D-Day. Within the book are two hour-long audio CDs containing the oral testimonies of veterans who were at Normandy. The text of VOICES OF VALOR is based on those oral testimonies and is written by Douglas Brinkley-acclaimed historian, author, and frequent on-air commentator-along with decorated Vietnam veteran Ronald J. Drez-lecturer, historian, and research associate at the Eisenhower Center.

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Voices of Valor is an intimate and lasting tribute to the soldiers who fought in Normandy, featuring 40 interviews drawn from the archival holdings of the Eisenhower Center Oral history Project, the largest collection of oral histories of D-Day. Within the book are two hour-long audio CD's containing the oral testimonies of veterans who were at Normandy.

Voices of Valor : D-Day, June 6, 1944

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