Showing results for "oconnor" in 20th Century

It is 1938 and for Manod, a young woman living on a remote island off the coast of Wales, the world looks ready to end just as she is trying to imagine a future for herself. The ominous appearance of a beached whale on the island's shore, and rumours of submarines circling beneath the waves, have villagers steeling themselves for what’s to come. Empty houses remind them of the men taken by the Great War, and of the difficulty of building a life in the island's harsh, salt-stung landscape.

Brothers Thom and Archie are the best of friends and never disagree, until the beautiful, young and very headstrong Molly James comes into their life. Molly might be playing a game with the brothers - but when war strikes and they both join up to fight, it isn't a game anymore. Based on the true story of the author's grandfather's wartime experiences, At the Going Down of the Sun explores the intense bond between soldiers and brothers fighting in war, and a love that may tear them apart.

Despite a fatherhood deferment, thirty-year-old dance instructor Jim Tanzer enlists in the Army in 1943. He expects to serve his country by fighting, but the former dance instructor is assigned to the morale unit. His squad includes Private Mickey Rooney — the Hollywood star who traded the silver screen for fatigues. They crisscross war-torn Europe in Jeeps, performing in combat zones where the USO dared not go. They put on small, spirited variety revues — Jeep shows — for frontline troops desperate for both diversion and camaraderie.