Title: Brave Are the Lonely
Genre: Military
Author: Jack Langley
Publisher: iUniverse
Pages: 210
Language: English
ISBN - 978-1-47599-563-3
Jim Mathews
is a high school senior in a small town near Little Rock, Arkansas, and his
future doesn’t look bright. He works a variety of odd jobs to help support his
mother. His grades aren’t exemplary, but at least he graduates. On a whim, he
joins the US Marine Corps, and on the last day of August in 1940, he ships out
to boot camp in Parris Island, South Carolina. At the time, talk of war is on
the horizon, but Mathews has no idea of what he will eventually face.
Brave Are the
Lonely follows the course of his military career—from boot camp to advanced
infantry training and Officer’s Candidate School Training at Quantico,
Virginia, to tours of duty in four fierce, major battles, including Roi-Namur,
Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima, where he is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
It also shares the story of his personal life—how he meets his wife Helen and
how he spends his postwar years crisscrossing the country on behalf of the
government, recalling his retirement from the military and his life as an
educator in a relatively obscure small town in Georgia.
This
historical novel provides insight into the battles in the Pacific during World
War II and pays tribute to the men who gave their lives.
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ABOUT JACK LANGLEY
Jack Langley
is a practicing locum tenens general surgeon. He lives with his wife, Janet, in
Georgia. They have three children, three grandchildren, and three precocious
Tonkinese cats.
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