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Genre Group Read (Humour) - December 2016 - You Are Not So Smart
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Great story, and beautifully painted picture of the will to endure of one exceptional serviceman. Love the last paragraph where Hillenbrand writes: "I wish to remember the Allied servicemen and POWs who lived the story of the Second World War. Many of these men never came home; many others returned bearing emotional and physical scars that would stay with them for the rest of their lives. I come away from this book with the deepest appreciation for what these men endured and sacrific for the goo
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Definitely can't say I enjoyed this book because of the subject, but it is a really good book. I knew so much less about WW2 in the Pacific than in Europe, but Hillebrand did an excellent job of writing history without making it boring! I highly recommend this book.
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