{"product_id":"sainteny-jean-paul-pitou-9781961505209","title":"Sainteny: 1938 - 1963, From Shadow to Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn July 4, 1944, Americans launched a bloody offensive in the bocage and marshes of Normandy, to break out of their narrow beachhead against entrenched Nazi forces. In their path was Sainteny, enduring its fourth year of brutal occupation; soon to be destroyed. On August 15, amidst ruins of this ancient village, their priest met his American counterpart while preparing to celebrate Mass, learning that 5,000 soldiers died in a great battle to liberate this tiny agricultural community of just eight hundred people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1996 our author, Jean-Paul Pitou, attended a memorial service in Sainteny, forming a lasting friendship with mayor Michel Lepourry, who unexpectedly announced that monsieur Pitou would write a book about their story - he does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople of Sainteny said, \"We did not meet our liberators... we could not thank them.\" When surviving villagers returned from their exodus their liberators were gone; dead, wounded, missing, or fighting the next battle. Beginning in the 1970s, veterans and descendants of the American 83rd Infantry Division and others, began traveling to Normandy, looking for their battleground, meeting the remarkably resilient people of Sainteny, forming lasting friendships. This is a story every American should read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean-Paul Pitou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1961505207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961505209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Scheerer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 1.41d","brand":"Jean-Paul Pitou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46293139456255,"sku":"9781961505209","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e4ab595-7e1b-4e7b-b7a2-6bf5abf451c9.jpg?v=1730212241","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sainteny-jean-paul-pitou-9781961505209","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}