Stories of Faith and Courage From World War II
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Authors: Larkin Spivey
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Battlefields and Blessings Series
Stories of Faith and Courage from World War II
Larkin Spivey
Stories of Faith and Courage from World War II
© 2009 by Larkin Spivey
www.larkinspivey.com
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Quotes from
An Army at Dawn
by Rick Atkinson. Copyright © 2002 by Rick Atkinson. Reprinted by permission of Henry Holt and Company, LLC
Quotes from
Battlefield Chaplains: Catholic Priests in World War II
, by Donald F. Crosby, published by the University Press of Kansas © 1994. www.kansaspress.ku.edu. Used by permission of the publisher.
Excerpts on pages 41, 57, 198, 206–7 from
Evidence Not Seen: A Woman’s Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II
by Darlene Deibler Rose. Copyright © 1988 by Darlene Rose. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
Quotes reprinted from
Grace Under Fire
by Andrew Carroll. Copyright © 2007 by Andrew Carroll. Used by permission of WaterBrook Press, Colorado Springs, CO. All rights reserved.
Print ISBN: 978-0-89957040-2
ePub ISBN: 978-1-61715-010-4
Mobi ISBN: 978-1-61715-039-5
First printing April 2009
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This book is dedicated to the memory of James Arthur Norton Jr. and Edward R. Norton. These young men were pioneers of aviation in my hometown of Conway, South Carolina, and served together in the Army Air Corps during World War II. They were killed in action on May 17, 1943, flying together in a B–26 bomber over Nazi–held Holland. The Norton twins were my mother’s younger brothers and my uncles. I was three years old at the time of their death. Their adventurous and heroic lives were legendary in my family, inspiring my brothers to become Air Force pilots and me to pursue a Marine Corps career.
The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.
—Isaiah 57:1
C
ONTENTS
February—Turning the Tide in the Pacific
May—Advance in the Western Pacific
June—The Fight for Sicily and Italy
September—The Central Pacific Campaign
October—The Invasion of France
December—Victory in the Pacific
January 10: Unexpected Inspiration
January 18: Prayer on the Beach
January 21: Trust Your Instruments
Intro: Turning the Tide in the Pacific
February 1: The President Speaks
February 3: I Joined to See the World
February 5: Attacking the Hinges
February 8: Tapping on the Hull
February 9: Saved from Drowning
February 11: Encouraging a Mother
February 17: The Second Day to Remember
February 18: The Miracle before the Battle
February 22: Apparent Futility
February 25: Prepare to Abandon Ship
February 27: Another Stroke of Luck
March 4: A Child’s Perspective
March 7: Attack of the Minesweepers
March 19: Evacuated to America
March 23: Quarter Inch of Steel
March 25: The Gear That Saved His Life