01603cam a2200301 i 4500 284148979 TxAuBib 20170206120000.0 160803s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016949807 9781944132026 1944132023 TxAuBib rda Winfield, Joyce H. Forever heroes : a collection of World War II stories from Nebraska veterans / Joyce H. Winfield, Ph. D. 1st edition. Fremont, NE : Prairieland Press, 2016. pages cm : paperback. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier It's all here. Moments of terror. Days of tedium. Life long prides. This was the reality of World War 2 for the men and women of the Greatest Generation. More than seven decades later, Joyce Winfield's research and storytelling, based on interviews with Nebraskans who served at the home front and on the front lines, paint vivid and personal pictures that transform these neighbors around us into compelling individuals. They survived torpedoed ships and POW camps, turned shrapnel into a tie clasp and nursed the wounded in the jungles of the South Pacific. These are the ordinary people who did extraordinary things. 20170206. World War II, 1039-1945-Personal Narratives. Nebraska Biographies. Veterans-United States-Biography. War stories, American.