Need an idea for that special someone? Books make a great gift for the readers in your family.
During Veterans Week, seven authors traveled to Branson to receive medals awarded by Branson Stars & Flags Book Awards. Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys and Eddie Beesley, a Vietnam veteran, presented the awards, along with Eddie's wife, Connie.
Bonsall and Beesley won awards last year. Award presentations were part of the Opening Show on November 5 at the Mansion Theater. You can check out more info on each title at http://www.bransonstarsandflags.com/. Denzil Batson's title, Korea: We Called It War is available in both book and DVD format.
Del Staecker – Gold Medal for The Lady Gangster, Nonfiction
Denzil Batson – Silver Medal for documentary Korea: We Called It War
T.H.E. Hill – Silver Medal for Voices Under Berlin
Tom Ruck – Grand Prize and Gold Medal for Sacred Ground, Photography
Jim Staley – Silver Medal, Come In, Swanee Leader, Photography
Erwin Thompson (WWII Vet) – Gold Medal , Worth Remembering, Poetry
Deborah Tainsh – Silver Medal, Heart of a Hawk, Inspirational
All the books are excellent reads and would make great gifts.
Of course, I must mention my latest title, The Sharon Rogers Band: Laughed Together, Cried Together, Crashed & Almost Died Together. Check out http://www.sharonrogersband.com/ to order this or any other of my books.
Joe Bonsall's book, GI Joe & Lillie, is the story of his parents. Eddie Beesley's book, Lucky Enough, is an autobiography about the injury in Vietnam that costs him both his legs, and how it defined his life.
we called it war is one of my favorites
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