Grenades, Guitars, Guts & Glory
- ISBN-10
- 1598587056
- ISBN-13
- 9781598587050
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 276
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-12-01
- Publisher
- Dog Ear Publishing
- Authors
- Sgt Ronold Ray, Gina Ray
Description
World War II is in full swing and America is fighting furiously, for the first time in history, in two major wars on two foreign soils when approximately 50 million people will lose their lives. At age 81, Ronold Ray shares his unique experience thru basic training, serving in the Pacific Campaign and the Occupational Forces of Japan. Growing up in the Great Depression on a farm nestled in the lush, rolling hills of Central Texas in a family of twelve, it is a story about Ronold, along with his three best high school buddies who are restless and eager to join the service! Action-packed, full of near misses and pranks, Ray's adventures include eccentric and temperamental characters, unruly animals, a brush with the FBI, a tea party with Japanese officials, the War Crime Trials and the utter horrors of war. His life's lessons are sprinkled with humor even under the direst circumstances as told in Grenades, Guitars, Guts & Glory! Ray's inspiring story gives subsequent generations a glimpse of what life was like then, the sacrifices made by the men and women of this foregone era, and how the country pulled together at a time, like no other, to defend the precious freedoms of this great nation.
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