God in the Foxhole: Inspiring True Stories of Miracles on the Battlefield - Softcover

Sasser, Charles W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1439171270 ISBN 13: 9781439171271

Publisher: Pocket Star, 2010

Synopsis

God in the Foxhole

A stunning collection of true personal accounts from generations of American soldiers whose faith, in the words of renowned combat journalist and former Green Beret Charles W. Sasser, “has been born, reborn, tested, sustained, verified, or transformed under fire.”

From the battlefields of the American Revolution through World Wars I and II, from Korea and Vietnam to the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan, here is an immensely moving gathering of war stories like no other—dramatic tales of spirituality, conversion, and miracles:

The angelic vision that brought inner peace to an exhausted helicopter door gunner in Vietnam . . . the makeshift full-immersion baptisms of eleven soldiers on Palm Sunday in Iraq, 2004 . . . two enemies—a Nazi priest and an American G.I.—who served Communion Mass in a Belgian sanctuary in 1944 . . . the prescient letter from a Civil War army major to his beloved wife, one week before his death at Bull Run . . . the 21st-century toddler with a jaw-dropping spiritual connection to a war hero of Iwo Jima . . . and more.

Fans of military history will be captivated by these transcendent portraits of survival and belief, presented by the acclaimed coauthor of One Shot—One Kill.

About this title

About the Author

Charles W. Sasser has been a full-time freelance writer, journalist, and photographer since 1979. He is a veteran of both the U.S. Navy (journalist) and U.S. Army (Special Forces, the Green Berets), a combat veteran and former combat correspondent wounded in action. He also served fourteen years as a police officer (in Miami, Florida, and in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was a homicide detective). He is author, co-author or contributing author of more than 30 books and novels, including One Shot-One Kill and Hill 488, both available from Pocket Books. Sasser now lives on a ranch in Chouteau, Oklahoma, with his wife Donna.

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"God, You know I haven't been good about praying.  I’ve only prayed for others and not myself.  Well, I felt Your presence in the plane.  You or Someone told me to go for it to reach the Gulf.  You also told me when to eject.  They have been shooting at me and either they are bad shots or You haven’t let them get lucky.  Now, I need a little more help to get out of his mess.  I sure would appreciate any help You would care to give.  Well, that’s all I have to say.  Amen.”

 

Praying appeared to be the turning point.  Two Marine rescue helicopters arrived.  Colonel Levin outsmarted his tormentors by dropping a smoke flare in the water next to his raft to give them something to shoot at while he dived overboard and swam away to be horse-collared out of the sea.  He was airborne in a helicopter and gone before enemy artillery could rebracket.

 

Thank You, God.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Star
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1439171270
• ISBN 13: 9781439171271
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 401