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UNCLE MATTY COMES HOME IBD

UNCLE MATTY COMES HOME LLC
09 / 2017
9780999151402
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Sinopsis

On Saint Patrick&rsquo,s Day 2016, Jim Farrell received aásurprising email: an M-1 rifle engraved with the nameáM. Teahan had been discovered in Normandy 72áyears after its owner, Martin (Matty) Teahan, Jim&rsquo,s uncle,áhad been killed in the June 1944 D-Day invasionáof France. A young private in the 508th ParachuteáInfantry Regiment, Matty had been laid to rest besideáhis fellow heroes in the Normandy American Cemetery,ábut now French Army General Patrick Colletáwas writing to inform the family that Matty&rsquo,s rifle hadábeen recovered and was safe in his possession. Luckáof the Irish!áThus began Jim Farrell&rsquo,s adventure of discovery andáself-discovery, as he and his family embarked on theásuccessful quest to bring his uncle home in spiritáby repatriating his historic rifle. A saga spanningáfour generations and multiple countries, the rifle&rsquo,sáextraordinary journey and recovery is also the story ofáMatty Teahan, a humble private made of the stuff thatámade so many of his generation great&mdash,the strength ofácharacter, courage, and will-power to prevail againstágreat odds, and the guts, determination, and sheerádaring-do to jump out of a perfectly good airplaneáover enemy territory.Martin Teahan&rsquo,s emblematic M-1 rifle currentlyáhangs in office of the Chief of Staff of the US Army,áawaiting donation to the new US Army Museum atáFort Belvoir, Virginia. Similarly, the Farrell family&rsquo,sáquest represents something larger than itself: theáintensifying search by the children of the GreatestáGeneration to understand the facts and meaning ofátheir fathers&rsquo, and grandfathers&rsquo, war, and their intenseádesire to come to terms with the often tragic, yetáseldom discussed, repercussions of the death andáviolence their elders experienced in World War II.

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