A name on a wall : two men, two wars, two destinies
Byford, Mark, 1958-2013
Books, Manuscripts
Find it!
Total copies: 1
Available: 1
Place reservation for A name on a wall : two men, two wars, two destiniesAn unusual coincidence occurred early one morning at the most visited war memorial in the US as a shaft of light hits one of the 58,000 names on the Vietnam Wall. The name was Larry Byford. So begins a unique personal journey to discover the story of the name on the wall. Travelling more than 30,000 miles, from east Texas to Vietnam, Mark Byford learns about the lasting impact on Larry's siblings, friends and the comrades who were there with him on the day he died in the summer of 1967. He pinpoints why that time became the turning point of America's most divisive war of the 20th century. 'A Name on a Wall' is a gripping true story that focuses on duty, heroism and fate. We learn not only about the tragic loss of Larry Byford, a draftee rifleman in Vietnam, but also the contrasting war story of the author's own father, Lawry Byford, a draftee from Yorkshire.
Main title:
A name on a wall : two men, two wars, two destinies / Mark Byford with Hilary Bleiker.
Author:
Byford, Mark, 1958-, authorBleiker, Hilary, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Mainstream Publishing, 2013.
Collation:
304 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781780576619 (hbk)1780576617
Dewey class:
959.7'043'092
Local class:
959.704
Language:
English
BRN:
717471
Find it!
Total copies: 1
Available: 1
Place reservation for A name on a wall : two men, two wars, two destinies