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Wade Gilley

Damn Right It Hurts!

A Virginia Hillbilly Becomes a World War II Hero

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Russell Gilley, a hillbilly born and reared in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, is desperate to join the army to fight the Nazis. He persuades his mother, Oda, to sign the papers required to allow him to enlist even though he is under age. She does so with great trepidation, remembering her brother-in-law who lost his life to mustard gas in World War I. Russ arrives in Belgium in time to fight in the Battle of the Bulge at Elsenborn Ridge with the 99th Army Division. He earns both a Bronze Medal and a Purple Heart before losing his life. Oda is presented with The Gold Star--the medal well known to mothers of soldiers during that time.… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-595-32094-3
  • EAN: 9780595320943
  • Produktnummer: 1169128
  • Verlag: iUniverse
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
  • Seitenangabe: 164 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.9 cm 248 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 248

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