Name: My Honor Flight

Full name: My Honor Flight: The remarkable stories of Buzz Company

Author: Dan McCurrigan
Year: 2012
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Fiction, War/Military, History

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9798755555371
A young soldier accompanies his great grandfather, Doug Mackinack, on an Honor Flight-a sponsored trip to the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. The old man shares stories from his platoon's tour in Europe, many ending in dramatic (or occasionally, humorous) twists.

The increasingly moving stories document Buzz Company's journey through a broad range of humanity: Fear. Courage. Compassion. Anger. Love. Death. Eccentricity. Loyalty. Mercy. Retribution.

The company started as a hodgepodge of naive kids, left over from other companies. But they had a certain swagger, thanks to the personalities in Mackinack's Ninth Platoon. As they traveled through France, Belgium, and Germany in the course of one year, they became battle-hardened veterans. In a defining moment near the end of his tour, Mackinack was forced to decide his path in a split second. Would he return to the man he was before the war, or would he become the killer the war had created?

When Mackinack and his great grandson reach the monument, there is one final surprise tied to events sixty six years earlier.
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