{"product_id":"scars-of-war-9781462028726","title":"Scars of War","description":"War is not romantic. It is bleeding and dying and holding a lifeless comrade in your arms. It is storming a beach through a hail of bullets. It is fighter planes spiraling from the sky and Americans being taken captive. In \u003ci\u003eScars of War\u003c\/i\u003e, author Marilyn Swinson tells true and often horrifying stories of war.\u003cp\u003e Based on one-on-one interviews with more than forty veterans, all members of the Combat Airmen\/Joshua's Troops of Mayodan, North Carolina, Swinson brings the narratives to life as the soldiers relay a variety of war experiences: a soldier aboard a ship moored at Pearl Harbor on that fateful December morning when Japanese bombs rained fire from the sky, and a seventeen-year-old young man forced to endure the horrors of the Bataan Death March, only to face three and a half years of torture and deprivation in Japanese concentration camps. A pilot lives to fly again after his plane hits the ground traveling three hundred miles per hour, igniting sixteen thousand pounds of jet fuel. A battle-weary Marine finally sees Old Glory raised on Iwo Jima.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eScars of War\u003c\/i\u003e provides a firsthand account of the pathos and pageantry of war from those who survived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781462028726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marilyn Swinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43733018706101,"sku":"9781462028726","price":24.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_62261a01-456e-4e0d-aed9-9e52b4d7bc84.jpg?v=1710257136","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/scars-of-war-9781462028726","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}