Brother we will be soldiers
A Generational Remembrance of War and Brotherhood
Inside the quiet box kept by a wife – letters during a world at war capturing the moment at hand, the uncertainty of life, the perspective of a historian and occasionally the humor of Mark Twain. Through it all, brotherhood, faith, and devotion flourish.
book overview
The author’s father Sam and Sam’s brother Tink were young boys when World War I ended. When all was said and done more than 9 million young men had perished. Resentment lingered, embers that would rekindle a fire more deadly than the first. Unfinished business eventually pulled Sam and Tink and millions of others like them into the next war. This is a generational remembrance of those who, like Sam and Tink, answered the call. History is the stage on which they appeared and their letters, lines that remind us that they were more than soldiers.
A Story Preserved
A generational remembrance of ordinary men who answered an extraordinary call.
More Than Soldiers
Letters reveal sons, brothers, and husbands behind the uniforms.
History as the Stage
World War II provides the backdrop — humanity provides the heart.
Citizen-Soldiers of the 176th Field Artillery Battalion
2, 112
MILES ACROSS EUROPE
249
DAYS OF COMBAT
55, 717
ROUNDS FIRED
about the Author
The author was a United States District Judge for 24 years. After retiring he taught law at National Taiwan University in Taipei. He received a BS from Richmond College and a JD from Wake Forest University. In his early career he served as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney, an Assistant United States Attorney, a United States Magistrate, and a lawyer in a private practice devoted primarily to federal litigation. In 1990 President George H. W. Bush appointed him to the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed him in May of that year
Why This Story Matters
As living memory of World War II fades, this work reminds us that history is carried by ordinary lives.
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“Where history is remembered, and voices are restored.”
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