Honor before Glory: The Epic World War II Story of the Japanese American GIs Who Rescued the Lost Battalion
About this audiobook
The gritty and inspiring story of the Japanese American “Go for Broke” regiment that rescued—against all odds—a trapped American battalion, and went on to become the most decorated unit of its size in World War II
On October 24, 1944, more than two hundred American soldiers were surrounded by German infantry deep in the Vosges Mountains of eastern France. When their food, ammunition, and medical supplies ran out, the area’s Army headquarters turned to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated unit of Japanese American soldiers, to achieve what other units had failed to do: rescue the “lost battalion.”
In this riveting narrative, New York Times bestselling historian Scott McGaugh tells the story of the famous soldiers who had volunteered for combat from within America’s internment camps. It is a story of a young generation’s fight against both the enemy and American prejudice—a story of heroism, sacrifice, and the best America has to offer.
About the author
Scott McGaugh is the author of Surgeon in Blue, a New York Times E-Book Bestseller, and the founding marketing director of the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, the most-visited floating ship museum in the world and among the ten most popular museums in America. McGaugh has appeared on such networks as the History Channel, Travel Network, Discovery Channel, Outdoor Channel, FOX Network, and Wealth TV, among others, and has been a guest on NPR’s Weekend Edition. A former weekly newspaper publisher, McGaugh is now a guest lecturer at San Diego State University and has taught at the San Diego State University Writers Conference.
Read by Traber Burns, Keith Szarabajka, Adenrele Ojo, Kevin Kenerly, Hillary Huber, Carrington MacDuffie, Mirron Willis, Kirby Heyborne, Priya Ayyar, Neil Shah, Thom Rivera, and Scott Brick
