Vacation Reading

[Robert Koreis <bookman@WOLFENET.COM>]

If you enjoy military history, try Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose.
It's an outstanding history of a company in the 101st Airborne, from
their initial formation in the states through garrison duty in postwar
Germay.  The final chapter talks of postwar careers for surviving members
of the original unit.  One of those members posed an interesting
question.  "Is it accidental that so many ex-paratroopers from E company
became teachers?"

The book, which makes heavy use of personal narratives, is an emotionally
compelling story of the bonding among men in combat.  The ending should
leave you with a lump in your throat.

Bob Koreis
Tacoma WA