Banners at Sunset eBook Jay D Ross Judith E Nichols
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At the outbreak of WWII, half the population of the United States lived in rural towns and on small farms. Many of America’s fighting forces were made up of men and women who had lived pastoral lives and made it through the Great Depression. They were used to hard work and getting along with what they had. They carried these values into the war and gave America their best efforts. For some, this meant giving their lives. When they returned after the war, they brought with them a new vision and understanding of what America was and could be. They had been to places they had never heard of, and did things they could not have imagined. They came back with acquired tastes for different food, such as shrimp, crumpets, and K-rations. They had discovered wine and scotch whiskey. Their language was peppered with words and phrases born in the war such as ‘Snafu’, ‘Flak’, ‘Blockbuster’ and ‘The whole nine yards’.
After the war, they returned to their former lives, pursuing old dreams and new ones. To the ones who had remained home during the war, those returning seemed unchanged, and yet they were. The veterans noticed that home had changed, yet they were not sure why or how. They kept their stories inside themselves, not even telling their wives and friends, or even each other, for 60 years. We lived along side them, not knowing.
Then Tom Brokaw wrote a book about them. That made it okay to talk about the part of their lives that had been hidden from the rest of us for so long. These are the stories of the men and women from Big Stone County, Minnesota, and towns along its borders who served America during that time we know as World War II. Most of the stories are from those who were born, raised, and returned to live here. Some of the stories are about those who moved here after the war, sharing their lives with us just as if they’d always been here. Almost every one of them said, “We had a job to do, and we did it.” That is a bit of an understatement.
This anthology of WWII stories is well written and superbly researched. WWII buffs, veterans from all wars, history hounds, and all readers will enjoy these inspirational and historical recollections of ordinary men and women from a smalll town on the western border of Minnesota who made such great sacrifices for our freedom.
Banners at Sunset eBook Jay D Ross Judith E Nichols
For centuries, history was narrated from the perspective of the nation-state--it was the study of wars, of powerful (male) leaders, of money and of the march of armies. As Bodo Steinke wryly observes in this volume, "Wars are started by the Big Shots." They are also, too often, recorded from the perspectives of the big shots who started them. Occluded in "history from above" are the experiences and perspectives of common people, which is the strength of this text--the gay man who fights for his country and returns to his home town to finish high school and then, astonishingly, settles there; the young woman who serves in the Women's Auxiliary and subsequently feels guilty because she enjoyed her time in the war; the Native American who served his country but, back "home," is denied a business loan because the bank doesn't make loans to "your kind of people"; and most tragically, some who didn't return at all.Judith E. Nichols and Jay D. Ross have made a powerful contribution to the historical archive of the local and the specific in the tragedy that was the Second World War, as it pulled the men and women linked to one tiny place--Big Stone County, Minnesota--into its vortex. The tight focus of the book is its first real power, yet the voices are surprisingly cosmopolitan, both Allied and Axis. The humor is a grace--Lloyd Lorange says "Jesus and I had a long talk that day. I did all the talking and Jesus did all the listening." The detail of the protagonists' lives--their passions, roles and duties, poetry and art, song and trials, the dogs they trained and the atrocities they witnessed and endured, the hatreds learned and unlearned--the text has breadth and range.
The stories narrated here come from interviews and from the voices of family members, from papers discovered in museums and office desk drawers. The remarkable lives of the men and women illuminated, detailed, and memorialized here are indeed honored by the authors' attention.
Matthew Knip
Hunter College
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Banners at Sunset eBook Jay D Ross Judith E Nichols Reviews
These stories are so personal, yet so universal, the experience of my own uncles who fought in WWII, came to life for me for the first time in reading "Banners at Sunset". These vivid accounts may have been lost but for the conversations with men and women, encouraged by the authors, to leave a legacy for future generations to more fully appreciate what happened in this war.
A grateful thank you to those who contributed to this compelling narrative, written from memories too intense to forget, and seldom told with such amazing personal detail.
The soft cover edition that includes pictures and photos makes "Banners at Sunset" a book to keep and to share. This will be the perfect gift for my family who still feel connected to the memory of our Uncle Warren.
I love this book, it gives wonderfully written accounts of our local veterans in the Big Stone area.
It's nice to read their own stories of their service to our nation.
The book is very well written with heart warming and heart wrenching stories. Anyone who served in World War II or has a loved one who served would especially enjoy this book. In addition, anyone who has an interest or wants to learn more about the war and the sacrifices that were made by the men and women who served will find this book very enlightening.
Great book by a great Author!
Good enough, but didn't hold my interest.
I recommend this book. It is interesting to read about people who have served in WWI who lived in and around the Big Stone County area. The book demonstrates the research that Jay D. Ross put into writing this book. My Mother-In-Law actually experienced WWII as a Nurse in Iowa just like Lucille Stolpman. They both worked at the Schick Army Hospital. It was fun reading this chapter to my Mother-In-Law. She said that the story share exactly how it was. Very good, Jay!
I have just finished re- reading Banners at Sunset, and while I have enjoyed the book both times, I can't help but think of the importance of this book. A companion to The Greatest Generation, this books tells you from where that generation comes. The heroes of this book are everyone's grandfather, father, son or brother. They are everyman catapulted into a war they knew little about for many reasons, i.e, media of the day, the isolationism from the past war, and most importantly their own lives which day to day kept their focus elsewhere.
While the book is not an action packed thriller, at times, it certainly surprises with the brutality these men suffered, Many lives and dreams were cut short by the war and its distance from "home." Stories of culture clash abound in this book where young men from a rural background with completely different ideals were propelled into a war fought many miles and many ideas away from their own. I was often exhausted at the trials presented to the young men of this book.
For me, the names are familiar having spent the early years of my career in Ortonville. As i reread the book, without question the most valiant part for me was the story of Bob Knoll. Having taught a unit on the Holocaust for many years, this story reminded me of the same horrors our young soldiers experienced as did the Jewish prisoners at the hands of the Third Reich. I believe Mr. Ross mentions that Mr. Knoll spent over 800 days in some sort of subhuman captivity. The persistence to live is not only heroic but mind-boggling.
I believe lovers of WW2 and those liking good military non-fiction will be surprised at the honor and respect done to these stories.
For centuries, history was narrated from the perspective of the nation-state--it was the study of wars, of powerful (male) leaders, of money and of the march of armies. As Bodo Steinke wryly observes in this volume, "Wars are started by the Big Shots." They are also, too often, recorded from the perspectives of the big shots who started them. Occluded in "history from above" are the experiences and perspectives of common people, which is the strength of this text--the gay man who fights for his country and returns to his home town to finish high school and then, astonishingly, settles there; the young woman who serves in the Women's Auxiliary and subsequently feels guilty because she enjoyed her time in the war; the Native American who served his country but, back "home," is denied a business loan because the bank doesn't make loans to "your kind of people"; and most tragically, some who didn't return at all.
Judith E. Nichols and Jay D. Ross have made a powerful contribution to the historical archive of the local and the specific in the tragedy that was the Second World War, as it pulled the men and women linked to one tiny place--Big Stone County, Minnesota--into its vortex. The tight focus of the book is its first real power, yet the voices are surprisingly cosmopolitan, both Allied and Axis. The humor is a grace--Lloyd Lorange says "Jesus and I had a long talk that day. I did all the talking and Jesus did all the listening." The detail of the protagonists' lives--their passions, roles and duties, poetry and art, song and trials, the dogs they trained and the atrocities they witnessed and endured, the hatreds learned and unlearned--the text has breadth and range.
The stories narrated here come from interviews and from the voices of family members, from papers discovered in museums and office desk drawers. The remarkable lives of the men and women illuminated, detailed, and memorialized here are indeed honored by the authors' attention.
Matthew Knip
Hunter College
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