Silver Star: An American Story - Softcover

Hernandez, Danny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0999800728 ISBN 13: 9780999800720

Publisher: Bocaj Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

A product of East Los Angeles during the 1950’s and early 1960’s, Danny Hernandez has to navigate a seething cauldron of poverty, gang violence, and racist cops. The charismatic eldest son of a hardworking single mother, eleven-year-old Danny is responsible for his two younger siblings and his younger cousins, in addition to having to care for his wheelchair-bound uncle Tin Tan. His male role models are his uncle Pelon, a hardened gang member, and his uncle Joe, a responsible husband and father and Korean War veteran. By the time Danny graduates high school in 1965, he must choose between the two futures represented by his two uncles: Street Warrior or Military Man. Danny chooses the Marine Corps. Danny graduates from boot camp the same year President Lyndon B. Johnson commits ground troops to Vietnam. While his cousins back home express interest in the civil rights movement, Danny loses good friends in jungle raids and skirmishes with the Viet Cong. This is a gripping, true life story, told in Danny's own words. From his training at Camp Pendleton, to his heroic actions saving the lives of his fellow marines during Operation Utah, through his honorable discharge during one of the most tumultuous years of the Civil Rights Movement, Danny's endearing, honest and sometimes heart wrenching story honors the lives of those who risked everything for their country and their fellow marines.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bocaj Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0999800728
• ISBN 13: 9780999800720
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 202
• Editor: Hernandez Ms. Priscilla