Share the experiences of an infantryman in Vietnam through the bitter fighting in the jungles east and north of Saigon, at the City of Ben Tre during the Tet Offensive and as the 9th Division fought in the northern Mekong Delta to keep the North Vietnamese Army out of Saigon. Feel what it was like … Continue reading Amazon Featured Book-of-the-Week “Vietnam Through My Eyes: Second Edition” by Ralph Boirum
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Run for My Life is a compelling memoir that chronicles the life of Daniel Kolmann who was born in Communist-occupied Czechoslovakia in 1948. Blessed with athletic talent but victimized by antisemitism and a repressive, post-World War II regime, Daniel was taken away from his family at age twelve and forced to live in a Russian-controlled sports … Continue reading Amazon Featured Book-of-the-Week: “Run for My Life” by Joseph P. O’Donnell As told by Daniel Kolmann
Yankel Krutiansky was supposed to go with his father to America in 1913. Instead, his brother was chosen and twelve-year-old Yankel was left behind in the collapsing Russian Empire. It was supposed to be just for a few months, but it turned out to be eight long years. Eight years of war, revolution, poverty, and … Continue reading Amazon Featured Book-of-the-Week: “Jack: His Memoir” by Yankel Krutiansky (a. k. a. Jack) & Evan Carton (his grandson)