Camel Red

Greg Page

Literature & Fiction

iUniverse, Inc.

"What a story - and what a profile in courage! At a time when American men and women are once again fighting and dying on foreign battlefields, Camel Red is a not so gentle reminder that we owe much to the Larry Herons of this country - a man who not only fought for us but who refused when he came home to let his battle wounds and disabilities stop him from contributing so much to his community and state and country." --Michael Dukakis, Former Governor of Massachusetts 
 "Camel Red rekindled the impact of the day at Valley Forge Army Hospital when I recognized a man I had known since high school days as a respected competitor on the playing field. It captures the essence of what this most courageous patient experienced, his pain, suffering, and resiliency. It shows how against all odds this battlefield hero managed not only to survive, but to go on to lead an exemplary life." --Dr. Joseph E. Murray, 1990 Recipient of the Noble Prize in Medicine
 "Camel Red was captivating and engrossing, next to impossible to put down. It's the wonderful story of two great people to whom this country owes so very much." --Stuart Nelson, Communications Coordinator of the Blinded Veterans Association 
 "Reading Heron's story reawakened memories of a host of severely wounded brave men and the great satisfaction our surgical teams derived from returning them to a useful life. It is a great American story of survival." --Dr. Bradford Cannon, Chief of Plastic Surgery, Valley Forge General Hospital

Camel Red lives up to all the promises made by Senator Bob Dole in his Foreword written for the book. It is a not so gentle reminder that war is hell, as well as a tender love story of two people who overcame each horrible obstacle that fate deemed to throw in their paths. This stranger than fiction true story traces the lives of Larry and Azelia Heron, two heroes who serve as role models today's generation facing a war against terror. In Camel Red, Larry Heron goes from all-star athlete to World War II's "most severely wounded veteran." This action packed tale is loaded with little known facts, like the disposition of poison gases carried in at D-Day, and a special school for blinded veterans created by President Roosevelt. It features a legendary chaplain known as the Godfather of the 9th Division, and a famous doctor who was the 1990 recipient of the Nobel Prize in medicine. Only once in its long history has the DAV ever bestowed the honor of naming a chapter for a veteran while he was still alive. That man was Lawrence J. Heron, the man who would not die.

Lowell Books

Beyond Recognition, theinspiring true story of Lawrence J. Heron, an amazing athlete with a brilliant futurein professional sports who in 1944 saved an infantry battalion from extinction duringthe invasion of Normandy. His beautiful and devoted wife tells his story fromthe day they met to the end of their incredible journey. Football scholarships andprofessional baseball offers fell by the wayside the day a sniper's bulletexploded a mortar shell in his bare hands. Severely burned and blinded forlife, he refused to die so that he could reunite with his wife. Through spirit and determination they raised four children,and Heron spent the next 50 incredible years on a roller coaster ride of pain,suffering, joy, and sorrow. Accounts of bravery and sacrifice by Nobel PrizeWinner Dr. Joseph E. Murray and Army Chaplain Edward Connors, who both hailed fromHeron's hometown are woven into the fabric of the story. This fast-paced journeydefies belief as it unfurls in epic fashion. The pages turn almostautomatically as you read of the record-setting athlete who became World War II'smost severely wounded soldier, and of the incredibly miraculous recovery andrehabilitation that followed.

Beyond Recognition

Parenting & Relationships

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Camel Red

Camel Red

Camel Red

Beyond Recognition