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Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War

by Ray Lambert & Jim DeFelice
Morrow. May 2019. 320p. maps. notes. index. ISBN 9780062937483. $26.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062947598. HIST
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By writing this memoir, Silver Star recipient Lambert has fulfilled one last duty for his country. While the book might not be the best on D-Day (see Cornelius Ryan’s The Longest Day and John C. McManus’s The Dead and Those About To Die) it is among the most poignant. The affecting quality partly comes from Lambert having written this in his 90s, collaborating with author DeFelice (American Sniper). Though primarily focused on the D-Day operations, this account tells much more about the American fight with Nazi Germany. Lambert served as a medic within North African and Sicilian campaigns prior to D-Day and recalls how he treated soldiers in combat, honoring the men whom he saw fall on and off the battlefield. By not naming them yet providing historical insight and character, he grants them honor.
VERDICT Released in time for the 75th anniversary of D-Day, this is possibly one last testament to those valiant soldiers who helped secured American victory.
Reviewed by Jacob Sherman, John Peace Lib., Univ. of Texas at San Antonio , May 31, 2019
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