RICHMOND, Va., April 6, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- From the author of the brilliant novel, We Were There, comes another striking story of patriotism. L. Peter Wren once again brings back the touching and laudable memories of the Second World War in World War II Revisited.
While L. Peter Wren's previous book tells the story of the rescue of the USS Indianapolis survivors, World War II Revisited pays tribute to its veterans. It takes you to a long look back at the events through the war. With detailed narrations and documentation of dates, places and brief general story of the war, the events captured and written in this book provide readers a firsthand report of the veterans' experiences. Some stories are grim, some have humor, and others stand alone for their contribution to their beloved country. This account serves as testament for the next generations in knowing the price paid for the freedom they are enjoying today and the centuries to come.
L. Peter Wren narrates in this collection the stories that should forever remain and should not be lost with the passing of a veteran. Relive the compelling tales told by those who served in the North Atlantic, Casablanca, and Normandy as well as those who served from Singapore to the surrender in Tokyo Bay and for the short period after.
World War II Revisited is like a personal visit to learn the patriots' stories straight from their lips. This book is a "must have" for every home and library! For more information, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
LCDR L. Peter Wren (USNR Ret.) entered the US Navy on 28 December 1941, and completed boot camp in Norfolk, Virginia, in January 1942. The highest rate achieved as an enlisted man was SK l/c. He was commissioned as a line officer from Columbia University in April 1944 and assigned to the USS Coates DE-685 in the Atlantic Fleet. He was transferred to the USS Bassett APD-73 in April 1945. Wren was released from naval service in April 1946 and completed his degree from Michigan State University in 1948. He was recalled for the Korean War and served on the USS Halsey Powell DD-686 from January 1951 until December 1952. He was released to the Fleet Reserve where he completed twenty plus years of service and retired as a LCDR. Wren is a past president of the US Navy League (Richmond, Virginia) and organized the Naval Sea Cadet program in Richmond, Virginia. To date, Wren has authored three books and one with a coauthorship. In 1999, he wrote Those in Peril on the Sea and in 2002 the We Were There, both rescue stories of the USS Indianapolis. In 2007, he coauthored Battle Born about the unsinkable USS Nevada -- fought at Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Southern France, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa and then was recipient of the fourth and fifth atomic bomb tests and still remained unsinkable. He and his wife, Helen Morrissey Wren, have five children, one of which served as a US Navy doctor.
World War II Revisited * by L. Peter Wren Lt. Cdr., USNR (Ret.)
Publication Date: March 5, 2009
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 188 pages; 978-1-4363-3808-0
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