Recommended Reading

Web Links:

Veteran’s Memorial Park Marion, Ohio

Most Decorated in US History

World War II Memorial Wall, Marion Cemetery

Books:

The following are books you may find interesting as they mention Veterans from Marion, Ohio.

You will find the list indexed by Wars first then by Veteran Name.

I will update this page as I find books that may be of interest.

Enjoy

Indian Wars:

Edward C. Sharpless’ actions are mentioned in the following books:

Cheyennes of Dark Water Creek: The Last Fight of the Red River War by William Young Chulfant on pg. 114
Battles of the Red River War: Archeological Perspectives on the Indian Campaign of 1874 by J. Brett Cruse on pg. 162


Buried Treasures: Famous and Unusual Gravesites in New Mexico History by Richard Melzer on pg. 286-287
Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars: 1865-1890: Conquering the Southern Plains by Peter Cozzen

CIVIL WAR:

Thomas J. Moon
Buckeye Blood: Ohio at Gettysburg by Richard A. Baumgartner

World War One:

Suddenly Soldiers by Robert Thompson mentions:
George T. Geran
pages 6, 124-125, 158
Dyer J. Bird
Pages 56-58, 63-64
D Company is mention on several pages.

World War Two:

Joe M. Nishimoto is mentioned in:

Go For Broke: A Pictorial History of the Japanese American 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team by Chester Tanaka
Go For Broke by C Douglas Sterner
Pg 94-95, 96, 160

Nisei: The Quiet Americans by Bill Hosokawa
Just Americans: How Japanese Americans Won a War at Home and Abroad by Robert Asahina
Joe Nishimoto mentioned on Pg 52, 197, 198, 212
Sam Ishida mentioned on Pg. 52, 197

Taking Berlin: The Bloody Race to Defeat the Third Reich by Martin Dugard

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George R. Eyre is mentioned in:

Last Man Out by Glenn McDole
Pg. 162, listed among those killed. This book is an account of the Palawan Massacre.

Homer R. Dutt, William J. Wilson & Charles W. Zwolle are mentioned in:

The Last Voyage of the Arisan Maru by Dale Wilbur, gives the account that took the lives of these three Marion Veterans.

Although not directly about a Marion Veteran, this book details the movement that wives and mothers of POW/MIAs, started. Nancy Nystrom, wife of Cmdr. Bruce Nystrom, was part of this heroic movement.

My World War II Memories by Kensel Clutter, from Kensel’s diary he kept during his time in the Army Air Corps and other additions by the author.

The Worst Day of My Life by Kensel Clutter An account of his epic event during his service. (These two books by Clutter may still be available at Heritage Hall).

Vietnam:


David S. Harris is mentioned in Steel My Soldiers’ Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U. S. …
By David H. Hackworth pg. 215

Dennis Richards is mentioned in the following books:

Steel My Soldiers’ Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U. S. …
By David H. Hackworth
pg. 253, 256 & 277
DOC: Platoon Medic by Daniel Evans Jr. D. V. M., Charles Sasser.
pg. 268, 293, various other pages.


Larry L. Woolum is mentioned in:


A Promise Kept by Melissa Call, ED D. and Sgt. Wayne Raulerson (The book is not yet published)

War on Terror:

Shadow of the Sword authored by Marion Veteran, Jeremiah Workman