An Album of Memories, Tom Brokaw
An Album of Memories, Tom Brokaw
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An Album of Memories
Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation

Author: Tom Brokaw

Narrator: Tom Brokaw

Abridged: 3 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2001

Synopsis

“I cannot go anywhere in America without people wanting to share their wartime experiences....The stories and the lessons have emerged from long-forgotten letters home, from reunions of old buddies and outfits, from unpublished diaries and home-published memoirs....As the stories in this album of memories remind us, it truly was an American experience, from the centers of power to the most humble corners of the land.”
—Tom Brokaw

In this beautiful American family album of stories from the Greatest Generation, the history of life as it was lived during the Depression and World War II comes alive and is preserved in people’s own words. Photographs and time lines also commemorate important dates and events. An Army Air Corps veteran who enlisted in 1941 at age seventeen writes to describe the Bataan Death March. A black nurse tells of her encounter with wartime segregation. Other members of the Greatest Generation describe their war—in such historic episodes as Guadalcanal, the D-Day invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and Midway—as well as their lives on the home front. Starting with the Depression and Pearl Harbor, moving on through the war years in Europe, in the Pacific, and at home, this unique book preserves a people’s rich historical heritage and the legacy of a nation’s heroism in war and its courage in peace—in the shaping of their lives and of the world we have today.

About The Author

Tom Brokaw, a native of South Dakota, graduated from the University of South Dakota with a degree in political science He began his journalism career in Omaha and Atlanta before joining NBC News in 1966. Brokaw was the White House correspondent for NBC News during Watergate, and from 1976 to 1981 he anchored Today on NMC. He’s been the sole anchor and managing director of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw since 1983. Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two Duponts, a Peabody Award, and several Emmys. He is the author of the best —selling books The Greatest Generation and The Greatest Generation Speaks. He lives in New York and Montana.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Book2Dragon on January 02, 2022

I had read The Greatest Generation, or watched it probably, but this book blew me away. I've always respected Tom Brokaw and had followed him since his days in LA. I am so glad he has saved these stories for posterity, because the next generations owe it to the Veterans of WWII, and to themselves as......more

Goodreads review by carl on December 05, 2018

People with every possible connection to World War II, veterans, their wives, children, siblings, parents, grandchildren were so inspired by author Brokaw’s ‘Greatest Generation’ books, that they sent him letters by the thousands relating their own experiences. In this collection, the letters range......more

Goodreads review by Koren on July 28, 2018

Tom Brokow has written several books about the Greatest generation- men and women who came of age during World War 2. After writing the books, he received many letters from people telling of their experiences during the war. This book is a collection of those letters. I found the longer letters were......more

Goodreads review by Jesseca on August 25, 2016

I'm now obsessed with getting these sort of books for research. So many small details included in the letters from men who were overseas are just astounding! Also, they cover many other things non-fiction books about the war seem to overlook, and it's a first-hand account. You can't get much better......more

Goodreads review by Todd on January 15, 2024

Review title: The Generation speaks After Tom Brokaw's blockbuster defined The Greatest Generation, those silent warriors reached out to Brokaw's to tell their stories, and this is their book. While Brokaw's did a fine job with the original best seller, I lamented that I wanted to hear the oral histo......more

Quotes

Praise for Tom Brokaw’s Greatest Generation books

“It is a tribute to Brokaw’s skill as a reporter that he has managed to elicit so many memorable stories from reticent people.”—The New York Times Book Review

“A sweeping tribute to Americans who saved the world . . . It is impossible to read even a few of these accounts and not be touched.”—Detroit Free Press

“This is my bedtime reading, and that is because it is written with love and grace.”—Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Angela’s Ashes and ‘Tis

“We more often than not forget that during mankind’s worst moments, the best of us is often on display as well. Brokaw has not forgotten, and he has left us an extremely moving portrait of a generation of remarkable Americans—our better angels.”—Ken Burns

“Tom Brokaw has delivered a gift to this and future generations by bringing us those inspiring personal stories of the average Joes, the GI Joes, the young men and women who served our country and shaped the foundation of postwar America. Although some became famous, most returned to their hometowns dedicated to building an even better world. . . . Tom has held up a mirror to reflect what may be their greatest legacy.”—Steven Spielberg

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