A Few Soldiers

About the Book

William Clement’s book, A FEW SOLDIERS, takes us through World War II in a series of vignettes, each telling the story of a serviceman whose adventures – or misadventures – he witnessed. Unlike the heroic characters described in Tom Brokaw’s THE GREATEST GENERATION, Clement’s soldiers weren’t all heroes. Among his characters you’ll find a sprinkling of crooks, cowards, misfits and meatheads, but there are enough heroes to go around.

A survivor of D-Day assault on Omaha beach on June 6, 1944, Clement recounts the earlier days of the Draft, the difficulty of raising and training an army of Depression – hardened men, and the sometimes heroic, sometimes comical, sometimes tragic incidents that colored their military careers.

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