Bøger udgivet af Gerry Feld

The unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese empire on December 7, 1941, stunned Americans like nothing else had in the history of our nation. An angry nation asked why, how could this happen, and who was responsible for the destruction of our pacific fleet, and the deaths of over 3,000 American fighting men. There were no simple answers then, and to this day arguments abound as to whether Admiral Kimmel and General Short recieved all the intelligence necessary in order to stop the attack from happening. Why were they not given a MAGIC DECODING MACHINE so they could recieve the same intercepts Washington used every day to formulate their plans. Why wasn't Admiral Kimmel given information on the bomb plot message put together by the Japanese war department and their spy in Honolulu. Why were the war warnings that were sent by Washington to all Pacific commands so ambiguous, as to create more questions then answers in Hawaii as to what the true intent of the Japanese Empire really was.However even on the morning of Dec. 7, the warning from the U.S.S. Ward regarding their attack on a Japanese submarine near the entrance to the harbor, and the warning from the radar station on Opana Point went unheeded by senior officers.Japans determination to be considered a major power in the world was playing out in China and other eastern countries since the 1930's, America felt they could be controlled by embargoes and repositioning of the Pacific Fleet from San Diego to Pearl Harbor. As these decisions were made, no one will ever know exactly what was said behind the closed door conferences in Tokyo and Washington between the men in power. However after studying the major players on both sides of the dispute for decades, I have attempted to reconstruct the conversations that just might have taken place as the two nations moved closer to war. It allows the story to take on a more chilling aspect when these conversations are considered.The one major victory for the United States on December 7, was that none of our aircraft carriers were in the harbor during the attack. This allowed Admiral Nimitz to take the fight to the Japanese in the battle of the Coral Sea, and on to Midway where American pilots turned back the Japanese invasion force while destroying their carrier fleet that would never recover.Along with the historical aspect of the story, there is always the human aspect that at times gets overlooked. So along with the factual account of the attack, I have developed a family of characters that are swept up into the attack from both the American and Japanese cultures. Both families live through the tumultuous years of world depression of the 1930's, seeking a way foward, as world leaders begin to see conquest as the solution to their nations problems. They have no way of knowing every decision they make moves them closer to a war they never really understood. But when they were called upon to fight, they did not question their orders. They fought with courage and devotion to their nation, and were not afraid to sacrifice everything, including their own lives to bring peace and security to their loved ones and the United States.Pearl Harbor; Tragedy to Triumph offers the reader a look back into history while giving you true American heroes to cheer for that reflect the quality of men that served our nation at that time. The book will also give you a tremendous amount of factual data on many aspects of the battle many books do not give you. Pearl Harbor; Tragedy to Triumph will not disappoint the reader in any way. From beginning to end, it will keep you on the edge of your seat and come to realize the enormity of the Day that will Live in Infamy.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor on Decvember 7, 1941, the United States Navy had no major fleet to battle the Japanese drive across the Pacific. In order to deal with Japanese expansion plans, America built a fleet of wooden fast attack boats that could battle the Japanese as they began driving East actoss the Pacific. The boats were armed with machine guns, torpedo tubes, small cannons, depth charges, and what ever other ordinance skippers could find to make their vessels more intimidating. The boats were powered by three Packard V-12 engines, allowing the eighty-foot boats to reach speeds of forty knots. The extemely shallow draft of the boats, allowed them to battle Japanese convoys in the shallow inlets and passages through out the many island chains of the pacific, where larger ships could not operate. Each boat contained a crew of thirteen to seventeen men, depending on the types of weapons each boat had. Every man on board a PT Boat was a volunteer, due to the extreme danger involved with their missions. The U.S. Navy searched far and wide, to find young officers that had experience handling high speed boats. The men on each boat were trained as a crew to make sure each boat had a qualified crew, that could handle the rigors of combat on the open ocean. Lt. Buzz Maddox, had worked in his fathers fishing fleet all his life, and had proved himeslf to be a good boat handler. After surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor and recovering from his wounds, Buzz volunteered for the PT Boat program. After completing the training course at Melville, Rhode Island, he and the crew of PT113 went to the Pacific to meet the Japanese head on. From island to island the gallant crews of America's PT Boats worked their way up through the Solomon Islands, New Guinea and the Philippines, battling the enemy until the end of the war. No matter where they fought, the crews all knew their war could end three ways, being killed in action, becoming a POW, or ending up in the shark filled waters that surrounded all the Pacific Islands. Although the men fought with tenacity, no one knew when their breaking point may come. Each man faced battle the same as a soldier in a fox hole, and each man had their own breaking point. Because of their speed and maneuverability's American sailor's called these light weight fighting machines Mosquito Boats. The Japanese simply called them Devil Boat's.

Sarah Rosenbaum was a typical rambunctious, inquisitive seven year old Jewish girl living in Straubing, Germany. Although she had heard elders at the Synagogue talking about Jewish deportations, she was sure nothing like that would ever happen in their small community.However her innocent beliefs were shattered when the dreaded S.S. soldiers arrived on her birthday in 1939, to remove all the Jews from Straubing.Sarah and her family were stunned at the sheer violence of the soldiers, as friends were shot in the town square before everyone else were loaded onto filthy cattle cars. The trip to the concentration camp was interrupted when a wheel burned off the axle of the car Sarah's family was riding in. After being unloaded, Sarah attempts to convince her family to run, but they would not. Fearing for her life, Sarah ran for the near by forest where a boy named Isaac took her under his protection. They join up with a group of partisan Jews led by a man named Ishmael, that lived in the massive forest. All went well for a while until the soldiers came into the forest searching for Jewish survivors. After a heroing escape, Sarah and Isaac make their way to safety. After a difficult journey, they once more join a small Jewish clan surviving in the deep forest. However once again the persistent S.S. soldiers track them down. Although wounded, Sarah escapes to be found by a young German couple that nurse her back to health. Although the people are against the plan, Sarah convinces them to purchase her train fare so she can travel to Vichy, France, where Jews are still free. Arriving in Paris, Sarah finds out the last part of her trip is not possible. As she contemplates what to do, she meets up with Ishmael once again that is working with a French underground unit. Sarah lives with them for a while, until her curiosity brings the Gestapo into the picture. After a massive Gestapo raid, Sarah is captured and delivered to headquarters in Paris where she is relentlessly tortured, as the Gestapo and S.S seek out the names of the men leading the partisan group. As she does not cooperate, she is finally sent to Dachau. The horrors of the camp overwhelm Sarah. Although her stuborn streak still persists, it causes her problems with the guards and prisoners. After meeting an old woman that begins to influence her, Sarah takes on the role of surrogate mother to several little children. She defends them and steals food to nourish them as best she can, but this causes bigger problems with the guards. Sarah is brutally tortured by a camp Sergeant but continues to survive although her will to live begins to slip away.Luckily the camp is liberated while Sarah is still healthy enough to recover from her injuries and starvation. Being still a child, Sarah is taken to a resettlement camp where she is given options for her future. After making tough decisions, Sarah is sent to Paris where she will await transport to the United States. However fortune shines on Sarah as she once again meets Ishmael. Being a conman, he has assembled enough money to fund transport to Israel where a job awaits him. He brings Sarah with him, where she finds a Jewish family to lover her and take care of her.After graduationg from high school, Sarah joins the Israeli Defense force. In a short time she finds out that Ishmael has been operating a specialized team in Mossad searching for former Nazi war criminals. Joining the team and risking her life, Sarah is involved in many high profile captures.Sarah's dreams of having a family and living a normal life become a reality, although medcal problems creep into her life. After returning to Dachau one more time to confront the ghosts that haunt her, Sarah's soul finally finds the peace and redemption that has eluded her for so long.

"Vietnam; Honor and Sacrifice," is a dramatic, action packed, gut wrenching story that will allow readers to feel they are in the line of fire. Tom Kenrude, has always wanted to be a doctor. But as the war in Vietnam widens, Tom feels a call to help the wounded soldiers. After a long talk with his girl friend Mackenzie, he decides to enlist in the Army as a combat medic. However his family is mortified by his decision, creating a an argument between family members that can never be truly healed. After basic training, Tom returns home to marry Mackenzie. After a short tour of duty in Germany, orders arrive for Vietnam. Tom is assigned to an helicopter evacuation squadron at Binh Thuy, located in the Mekong Delta. After just a few days, Tom realizes how brutal the war can be, as day after day, they deliver wounded men to the hospital. Tom becomes emotionally involved with one of the nurses, even though he has a child on the way back home. Both Tom and the nurse realize they are making a mistake and end the relationship. The squadron is sent to Quang Tri, to help fight a battle in the Central Highlands. For weeks the men evacuate the wounded, until several of the medics are killed. A medic that is a conscientious objector is assigned to the squadron. Because of his history with other combat units, there are problems among members of the squadron. Tom agrees to work with him, leading to a tragic end. Returning to Binh Thuy, the men find out headquarters in Saigon have decided to wipe out Viet Cong activity in the delta region. The fighting is tough and the casualties are high. After one mission Tom's chopper is shot down. With two crew members injured, Tom struggles to no avail to rescue the pilot before the chopper sinks. The survivors swim to an island where they seek refuge in an old patrol boat base. Quickly they find out a detachment of Viet Cong are on the island operating a radio base. After a quick battle all but one are killed. The survivor is a young girl. Tom works hard to save her life, knowing he might have been the one who shot her. Just as they are to be rescued she passes away. The men bring her body back to Binh Thuy to be buried in a small cemetery. Returning to the mission, Tom and one other medic are assigned to work with a CIA/SOG Operative. They quickly realize he is a brutal sadistic murderer that has his own agenda. With the help of some AirCav soldiers, his reign of death ends. However an American General believes more needs to be done. He decides to take his complaints regarding the CIA and SOG to the President. But he is not ready when he finds out who is involved and what might come of his actions.Once again the squadron is sent back to the Central Highlands. However this time the Viet Cong are under estimated and they are determined to wipe out the Americans in the battle. With choppers destroyed Tom and several medics must fight like infantry. After being wounded several times, Tom fights with every ounce of energy left in his body, allowing the rest of the men to escape. Toms body is returned to Glendale, Minnesota for burial. His family struggles to understand all that has happened, as Mackenzie vows to raise their son Sean, never letting him forget the kind of hero his father was.

President Truman orders a World War II veteran and thousands of other veteran paratroopers back into the service to fight in Korea where the men face a bold, battle hardened enemy. At times the biggest enemy the paratroopers have to battle is their own high command--officers that are more interested in self-glory than winning the war. war.