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Knockin' on Heaven's Door
by Don Busi
2008 Best Book Award "Books and Authors.net" - Non-Fiction Historical Catagory.
Winner of the 2009 Indie Excellence Awards - Military History Non-Fiction Category - May 11, 2009.
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 A must for anyone who loves the people stories in World War II, March 17, 2009 Some wounds never heal. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice" tells of a son researching the deeds of his father in World War II. Joe Busi was one of the thousands of Americans who fought in the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, and went through the hell of warfare, only to be nearly fatally injured in the Battle of the Bulge. What he experienced changed him, and he lived with guilt until he returned to the source of that guilt, decades later. A story of overcoming the personal aftermath of war, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a must for anyone who loves the people stories in World War II.
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Joe Busi's hard labor as a Pennsylvania coal miner and his life in abject poverty could not have made him any tougher. But no amount of toughness could prepare him for what was to come after he was inducted into the United States Army in 1942. On June 6, 1944, Joe was thrust into the greatest amphibious assault in human history-D-Day on the beaches of Normandy, France.
His ability to survive D-Day only meant he had to endure six more months of brutality that stretched the limits of human endurance. Joe witnessed death and destruction beyond belief. He became an efficient killing machine and accepted the fact that he, too, would eventually be killed. He received the Silver and Bronze Stars for his bravery, but his luck came to an end on a snowy Belgian battlefield. Critically wounded from the Nazi onslaught known as the Battle of the Bulge, he prayed his death would be quick.
After experiencing sixty-one years of heart-wrenching survival guilt, eighty-five year old Joe returned to Europe and was overwhelmed by the gratitude of the Europeans. His story and how he overcame the odds against survival is as amazing as the man himself.
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