Larkin Spivey - Stories of Faith and Courage from World War II
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- Название:Stories of Faith and Courage from World War II
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- Издательство:God and Country Press
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- Год:2009
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- ISBN:978-0-89957040-2
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is to strengthen the faith of its readers by showing the power of others’ faith under the most extreme circumstances imaginable. This is accomplished through 365 one-page stories from America’s greatest conflict presented in a daily devotional format with relevant scripture readings for each day of the year. Additionally, the book presents a unique and concise history of World War II with summaries, maps, and photographs of the major campaigns of the war. On this level, the individual stories provide insights into the war and combat not found in typical historical accounts.
2009 Silver Medal Winner from the Military Writers Society of America
First Place Winner of the 2009 Bransom Stars & Flags Book Award
Larkin Spivey is a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War and a retired Marine Corps officer. He commanded infantry and reconnaissance units in combat as well as being trained in parachute, submarine, and Special Forces operations. He was with the blockade force during the Cuban Missile Crisis and served President Nixon in the White House. As a faculty member at The Citadel, he taught courses in U.S. military history, a subject of life-long personal and professional interest. He is the author of God in the Trenches and Miracles of the American Revolution. He now writes full time and resides in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with his wife, Lani, and their four children. He is a lay eucharistic minister of the Episcopal Church and is actively involved in the Cursillo renewal movement and the Luis Palau Evangelistic Association.
Jocelyn Green is an award-winning freelance writer who pens articles for dozens of magazines, including Christianity Today, Today's Christian, Today's Pentecostal Evangel, Baptist Bulletin, EFCA Today, InSite and more. She also writes for nonprofits, universities and corporations such as Juicy Juice, Nestle, Publix and General Mills. Wife of a former Coast Guard officer, she authored
(Moody Publishers 2008). She also edited and contributed to
by Larkin Spivey, a 2009 Military Writers Society of America Silver Medal Winner. She is a member of the Evangelical Press Association and the Christian Authors Network. She and her husband have two children, a dog and a cat, and reside in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Review
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84. Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II , 129.
85. Frank Curry Diary, Veterans Affairs Canada, Canada Remembers , www.vac-acc.gc.ca.
86. Eternal Father is a hymn found in Protestant hymnals, written by Rev. William Whiting in 1861. In America, it is often called the Navy Hymn , and was played at the funerals of President Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy.
87. Frank Curry Diary, Veterans Affairs Canada, Canada Remembers , www.vac-acc.gc.ca.
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95. Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II , 118–20.
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97. Carroll, Grace under Fire , 33–35.
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101. “Survival, The Arctic,” by Ronald Healiss, quoted by Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II , 114. Healiss was one of thirty-nine who survived this tragedy (www.warship.org).
102. “One More Round,” Cougar Scream , Vol. 2, No. 8, 4 July 1942, a newsletter published weekly aboard the USS Washington “for the good of the ship and the service.”
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104. Marion Hunt, “Marion’s Story, I Am Evacuated to America,”http://www.timewitnesses.org.
105. Written by John Ellerton. Details of the funeral from an article by Douglas Cornell in Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II , 452–53.
106. Nineteenth century hymn by Sarah Adams, Edward Bickersteth, and Lowell Mason.
107. “Dad’s Advice,” Cougar Scream , Vol. 1, No. 10, 2 August 1942, a newsletter published weekly aboard the USS Washington “for the good of the ship and the service.”
108. A. H. Archer, “The Death of a Minesweeper,” WW2 People’s War, www.bbc.co.uk.
109. Sam Hakam, “Sinking of the SS Lehigh , ” American Merchant Marine at War, www.usmm.org.
110. Westminster Shorter Catechism, www.reformed.org.
111. Cougar Scream , Vol. 2, No. 7, 28 June 1942, a newsletter published weekly aboard the USS Washington ‘for the good of the ship and the service.’
112. “Torpedoed in the Arctic,” The Mast Magazine , February 1945, American Merchant Marine in World War 2, www.usmm.org.
113. Ibid.
114. Frank Curry Diary, Veterans Affairs Canada, Canada Remembers , www.vac-acc.gc.ca.
115. George X. Hurley, “Saga of the Murmansk Run,” www.armed-guard.com. Used by permission.
116. Ibid. Used by permission.
117. “The Best Solvent,” Cougar Scream , Vol. 2, No. 7, 28 June 1942, a newsletter published weekly aboard the USS Washington “for the good of the ship and the service.”
118. Monsarrat, The Cruel Sea , 101.
119. Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II , 153–154. Quoting Alan Moorehead.
120. Ibid., 159.
121. Churchill, Hinge of Fate , 70.
122. Ibid., 69.
123. Churchill, Hinge of Fate , 404–5.
124. Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II , 174.
125. www.originofnations.org.
126. Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II , 193.
127. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Prayer Book , “The President’s Prayer,” 7.
128. Quote from An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson, 59. Copyright © 2002 by Rick Atkinson. Reprinted by permission of Henry Holt and Company, LLC.
129. Ibid., 136.
130. Ibid., 138.
131. Ibid., 119. Reprinted by permission of Henry Holt and Company, LLC.
132. Ronald Reagan quote, March 30, 1981, The American Experience , www.pbs.org.
133. Atkinson, An Army at Dawn , 101–2.
134. Philip Massinger, A Very Woman , Act V, Sc. 4.
135. Quote from An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson, 159. Copyright © 2002 by Rick Atkinson. Reprinted by permission of Henry Holt and Company, LLC.
136. Peter Andrews, “A Place to Be Lousy In,” American Heritage Magazine , www.americanheritage.com.
137. Atkinson, An Army at Dawn , 262.
138. Ibid., 335.
139. Sperry, Prayers for Private Devotions in War-Time , 25.
140. Skelly, The Military Chaplaincy of the U.S. Army , 6. Used by permission.
141. North, War Stories III , 88.
142. Atkinson, An Army at Dawn , 293.
143. Churchill, The Hinge of Fate , 688. June 30, 1943, remarks to the Guildhall.
144. “The War of a Green Howard, 1939–1945. Bill Cheall’s Story,” The Green Howards Regimental History, www.greenhowards.org.uk.
145. Hoyt, The GI’s War , 182.
146. Atkinson, An Army at Dawn , 396–97.
147. Time Magazine , “A Matter of Days,” August 9, 1943, www.time.com.
148. Atkinson, An Army at Dawn , 259.
149. Kenneth T. Downs, “Nothing Stopped the Timberwolves,” The Saturday Evening Post , August 17, 1946.
150. Ibid.
151. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Prayer Book , p. 91.2b
152. Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II , 162–67.
153. O God, Our Help in Ages Past , by Isaac Watts, 1719. Sung at the funeral of Winston Churchill, 1965.
154. Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II , 166.
155. Atkinson, An Army at Dawn , 411.
156. Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II , 152.
157. Chaplain A. M. Sherman, Jr., Religion and Ethics Newsletter , May 28, 2004, www.pbs.org. Excerpt from National Cathedral’s exhibition, “Faith and Courage: U. S. Chaplains Service in World War II.”
158. Hoyt, The GI’s War , 202.
159. “Ernie Pyle,” Indiana Historical Society, www.indianahistory.org.
160. Ibid.
161. Lewis, The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II , 207–8.
162. Costello, The Pacific War , 382.
163. Rose, Evidence Not Seen , 41. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
164. Ibid.
165. Glenn Frazier, “Ex-POW Biography,” American Ex-Prisoners of War, www.axpow.org.
166. Schultz, The Last Battle Station , 71.
167. www.rentz.navy.mil
168. Ibid.
169. poem by Lloyd Willey, www.rentz.navy.mil.
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