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Bones of My Grandfather: Reclaiming a Lost Hero of World War II

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Bones of My Grandfather: Reclaiming a Lost Hero of World War II - Evans, Clay Bonnyman
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In November 1943, Marine 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman, Jr. was mortally wounded while leading a successful assault on a critical Japanese fortification on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military honor. The brutal, bloody 76-hour battle would ultimately claim the lives of more than 1,100 Marines and 5,000 Japanese forces. But Bonnyman's remains, along with those of hundreds of other Marines, were hastily buried and lost to history following the battle, and it ...

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Bones of My Grandfather: Reclaiming a Lost Hero of World War II 2021, Skyhorse Publishing

ISBN-13: 9781510760110

Trade paperback

Bones of My Grandfather: Reclaiming a Lost Hero of World War II 2018, Skyhorse Publishing

ISBN-13: 9781510730618

Hardcover