My Longest Night: A Twelve-Year-Old Heroine's Stirring Account of D-Day and After
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (928 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1611457211 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Fifty years have passed since the Normandy landing that began the liberation of France from Nazi occupation. As the first wave of Allied paratroopers landed behind the lines in Normandy on the night of June 5, 1944, many fell into the flooded marshlands on either side of the railway line that ran between Paris and Cherbourg—virtually in the Duboscq family’s backyard. Throughout that historic night, Geneviève and her father, a hard-drinking peasant named Papa Maurice, saved numerous Americans from drowning and gave them refuge while they regrouped for what was to become one of the most heroic battles of World War II.. This touching eyewitness account, told from the perspective of a twelve-year-old girl, has all the force and beauty of Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl
K. Delfino said An 11-year-old's view of the Normandy invasion. In September 1995 I made my first visit to Normandy American Cemetery. It was late in the afternoon and the assistant superintendent was about to retire the colors at 17h00, even though the cemetery as to remain open for at least another hour. As we rounded the corner and approached the two 60' flagpoles, a figure stood at the base of one of them and the A.S. told me, "Your're in luckGenevieve's here today". As the book is described,
On June 5, 1994, she made a commemorative jump with surviving members of the 82nd Airborne onto the Normandy battleground. . Geneviève Duboscq was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government, and she and her family received America’s Guard of Honor in recognition of their heroic service to the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division
““The story is so gripping remarkable.” ” (Spectator)““An unforgettable account of D-Day.”” (New Statesman)