Description:Promise in the Sky tells the extraordinary true-to-life journey of Colonel Robert J. Jones, a Wisconsin farm boy whose promise to the woman he loved carried him through the darkest crucible of war. From the quiet streets of Ashland to the skies over the Philippines, Robert's life was defined by duty, faith, and an unshakable vow to return home. Captured after the fall of Bataan, he endured the infamous Death March, starvation in prison camps, and years of brutality in Japan-dropping from 220 pounds to just 129 at liberation. Through it all, his poem to Dorothy, "Promise of the Sky," became his beacon. Reunited and rebuilt, Robert went on to serve with honor in Korea and Vietnam before retiring in 1970. Both harroing and uplifting, this sweeping narrative stands with Ghost Soldiers and Unbroken as a story of survival, sacrifice, love, and the will to endure.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Promise in the Sky: From Bataan to Home — A Pilot’s WWII Story. To get started finding Promise in the Sky: From Bataan to Home — A Pilot’s WWII Story, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Promise in the Sky: From Bataan to Home — A Pilot’s WWII Story
Description: Promise in the Sky tells the extraordinary true-to-life journey of Colonel Robert J. Jones, a Wisconsin farm boy whose promise to the woman he loved carried him through the darkest crucible of war. From the quiet streets of Ashland to the skies over the Philippines, Robert's life was defined by duty, faith, and an unshakable vow to return home. Captured after the fall of Bataan, he endured the infamous Death March, starvation in prison camps, and years of brutality in Japan-dropping from 220 pounds to just 129 at liberation. Through it all, his poem to Dorothy, "Promise of the Sky," became his beacon. Reunited and rebuilt, Robert went on to serve with honor in Korea and Vietnam before retiring in 1970. Both harroing and uplifting, this sweeping narrative stands with Ghost Soldiers and Unbroken as a story of survival, sacrifice, love, and the will to endure.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Promise in the Sky: From Bataan to Home — A Pilot’s WWII Story. To get started finding Promise in the Sky: From Bataan to Home — A Pilot’s WWII Story, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.