In a profoundly moving work that is part history, part search for identity, Richmond retraces his father's path through the South Pacific during World War II. Visiting the islands where his father saw action, Richmond seeks to understand the man he knew so briefly--Tom Richmond died in 1960 when son Peter was only six--and wonders what it means to be ready to die for one's country.
In a profoundly moving work that is part history, part search for identity, Richmond retraces his father's path through the South Pacific during World War II. Visiting the islands where his father saw action, Richmond seeks to understand the man he knew so briefly--Tom Richmond died in 1960 when son Peter was only six--and wonders what it means to be ready to die for one's country.