Overview
World War II was never like it was on the Silver Screen. Hollywood showed heroes triumphing over the enemy no matter what the odds. That's fine for Hollywood but for the men who served their country in the Pacific Theater, it's just not the way it was. R. L. Higgins tells a true story of the war in his new novel, Civilians in Uniform. Funny, frank and frightening, this factual account follows a young bomber pilot to those nameless islands in the Pacific where he risks his life to preserve his country and frequently risks a court martial to preserve his sanity. A combination of tragedy and comedy, Civilians in Uniform reflects the true image of men in war where surviving meant less about avoiding bodily harm and more about avoiding stagnation of the mind and the spirit.Synopsis
World War II was never like it was on the Silver Screen. Hollywood showed heroes triumphing over the enemy no matter what the odds. That's fine for Hollywood but for the men who served their country in the Pacific Theater, it's just not the way it was. R. L. Higgins tells a true story of the war in his new novel, Civilians in Uniform. Funny, frank and frightening, this factual account follows a young bomber pilot to those nameless islands in the Pacific where he risks his life to preserve his country and frequently risks a court martial to preserve his sanity. A combination of tragedy and comedy, Civilians in Uniform reflects the true image of men in war where surviving meant less about avoiding bodily harm and more about avoiding stagnation of the mind and the spirit.