Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire.
Life in the Philippines seems like paradise--until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor. Within hours, the teenage friends are plunged into war as Japanese warplanes attack Luzon, beginning a battle for control of the Pacific Theater that will culminate with a last stand on the Bataan Peninsula and end with the largest surrender of American troops in history.
What follows will become known as one of the worst atrocities in modern warfare: the Bataan Death March. With no hope of rescue, the three friends vow to make it back home together. But the ordeal is only the beginning of their nearly four-year fight to survive.
Inspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope.
My thoughts:
This story of the three young
friends from Mobile, Alabama who enlisted in the second World War is a page
turner. From the beginning I loved Jimmy,
Billy, Hank, their families, and friends. They were so young and full of life when
they were stationed in the Philippines until the morning of December 8th,
1941. What follows are some things I
was unaware of, the Bataan Death March, it was brutal as expected but I was so
caught up in the lives of the characters, my heart was in my throat while
reading some of the pages.
The Long March Home is one of
the best novels I have read that was set in this time period, I cared deeply
for the characters, I became emotional reading some of what was happening but
most of all, the writing was top-notch.
I voluntarily reviewed a
complimentary copy of this book. Opinions are my own.
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