Product Description
by Lionel F. Pinn (Author), Frank Sikora (With)
Sergeant Lionel "Chooch" Pinn was an American warrior, an Osage Indian whose career as an army sergeant met the high standards set by his father's example as a World War I veteran. Reared in the crucible of the Great Depression and case-hardened in hand-to-hand combat against the Imperial Japanese Army in WWII, Pinn went on to fight as a foot soldier in Korea, Laos, and Vietnam. Pinn recounts these wars as only an infantry soldier could. His gritty account of fighting in distant corners of the world is a journey through America's tumultuous last half of the 20th century. Sgt. Pinn's memoir, exciting, horrifying, upsetting, is a testament to the uncompromising fighting spirit of U.S. soldiers.
Author Biography
Lionel F. Pinn Sr. (Author)
LIONEL F. PINN SR. (1923-1999) was a soldier of three wars and countless battles. A POW in all three wars (WWII, Korea and Vietnam). Awarded the Bronze Star w/oak leaf cluster and four Purple Hearts. After his last Retirement he went into Law Enforcement and eventually became the Chief Jailer at the Marshall County Alabama jail. He was inducted into the Ft. Benning, Georgia's Infantry Museum's "Triple CIB Hall of Honor" in 1992 and the "Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of Fame" in 1997. His critically acclaimed biography, Hear the Bugles Calling was released in 2001. Lionel live out his life in Guntersville, Alabama. He would occasionally speak at schools and other gatherings about his heritage and military life. According the his Enlistment records Lionel enlisted November 18, 1941 at the age of 18, in the Quartermaster Corp of the US Army. He weigh 144 pounds and stood 70 inches high. Lionel was buried with full military honors at the Arlington National Cemetery [Sec 66 Site 5364].
FRANK SIKORA, a native of Byesville, Ohio, is a veteran journalist and the author of The Judge: The Life and Opinions of Alabama's Frank M. Johnson, Jr.; Selma, Lord, Selma; and Until Justice Rolls Down: The Birmingham Church Bombing Case. He is recently retired from the Birmingham News.
