The Incredible True Story of a World War II Veteran
by
Carlie Thrasher Downey
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Don’t Let Me Die Dirty is the inspiring story of Cecil Downey who, after joining the Marines at age seventeen to escape the hardship of growing up as one of twelve children in depression-era poverty, lost both legs, but not his indomitable spirit, in the battle of Iwo Jima. Not expected to live, Cecil...