Grampa Joe: Portrait of a Quiet Hero - Montes, Troy D.
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Hair-raising, boots on the ground stories of armed combat as told by World War II veteran Joseph Manly Davis, assigned to the U.S. Army 4th Cavalry Group, Mechanized, prior to and during the European conflict of the 1940s. After the invasion of France at Normandy in Operation Overlord, Joe fought close-in combat almost daily in the hedgerows of France and on the fields of Germany in Hürtgen Forest during the Battle of the Bulge. In 1944, Joe received a serious leg wound and was ordered home. Joseph M. Davis was awarded two Purple Heart Medals for injuries received during the war. At the…mehr

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Hair-raising, boots on the ground stories of armed combat as told by World War II veteran Joseph Manly Davis, assigned to the U.S. Army 4th Cavalry Group, Mechanized, prior to and during the European conflict of the 1940s. After the invasion of France at Normandy in Operation Overlord, Joe fought close-in combat almost daily in the hedgerows of France and on the fields of Germany in Hürtgen Forest during the Battle of the Bulge. In 1944, Joe received a serious leg wound and was ordered home. Joseph M. Davis was awarded two Purple Heart Medals for injuries received during the war. At the request of his family, Joe composed a written record of his participation. This is Grampa Joe's story.
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Troy Montes holds degrees in International Studies, Spanish and Linguistics from the University of Oregon and a degree in Philosophy from Portland State University. He has earned a Master's degree in Conflict Transformation from SIT (School for International Training) Graduate Institute. He received an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy upon graduation from USAFA Preparatory School and served two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in El Salvador. His main interests include traveling, languages, writing poetry and memoirs, and studying conflict and postwar development issues. Troy claims Forest Grove, Oregon as his hometown, but has lived all over the United States. He now resides in Sarasota, Florida, with his wife and two children.