A new book, History Leading to 50th Anniversary of Day, Book 2: My Journey Thru World & Family History Landed at Omaha Beach, 6/6/94, is set for release on April 20, 2025 on Amazon, and later in the month at Barnes & Noble.
50th D-Day Overview Book Trailer
Book Trailer About 1940 German Campaign in Western Europe
Dedicated to 15 military/combat veterans in his family, from the Civil to Korean War, Book 2 centers on the European War and centuries before while Book 1 deals with the Pacific War and the fascinating history of that vast region. Each book ends with stories of his last minute excursions to each of the 50th Anniversaries and what he experienced during those major commemorations.
Pearl Harbor and D-Day, for the United States, represents the beginning and the beginning of the end of World War II, and thus these bookend 50th Anniversaries allowed Michael B. Butler to explore far and wide in his quest to encase them, as the book titles suggest, in relevant World & Family History. Each yielded a wealth of interesting experiences and set the foundation for this book series, which was originally going to be a single volume but was split up and expanded decades later.
Book Trailer About Great Uncle Henry Olivas, 5th Armored Division
Book Trailer about Uncle Roy Larson, B-17 Pilot Lost April 1944
Book Trailer About British in North Africa and Germans in the West
Wanting to showcase the great historians who populate his own library, Butler sought to include history going back 500 years while remaining largely focused on World War II and those who participated in that world changing conflagration. His family includes combat Veterans that span nearly every aspect of the World War II; from bomber pilots to infantrymen, from Pearl Harbor Survivors to U.S. Navy sailors to armored and infantry soldiers to a communication specialist and a railroad technician.
Direct testimony from Combat Veterans is deployed to try and explain what is totally unexplainable, for unless one has been there it is impossible to understand. Five chapters were created to highlight the outfits and experiences of family members and one person who helped Michael Butler attend the 50th Anniversary of D-Day—WWII 8th Air Force Veteran P-47 fighter-bomber pilot Pat Murphy. Obscure materials, some many published right after the conflicts, were mined for use in creating these multi-faceted chapters.
300 images all of kinds populate the text; from maps to drawings to diagrams, from historical photographs to book covers, from combat photos to thumbnail portraits of those lost during various points in divisional and regimental histories. This gives the book wider scope by paying tribute those whose service and sacrifice should be recognized again and again.
History Leading to 50th Anniversary of D-Day, Book 2 available at Amazon in pre-order in Kindle (B0F4GH8679)
www.50thDDay.com
Michael B. Butler's second book, released in 2022, is Without Redemption: Creation & Deeds Freeway Killer Bill Bonin, His Five Accomplices & How One Who Escaped Justice. In 2024-26 three books are slated for release: Round the World & Across Russia in 21 Days, 30 Years Later and the two-book history set dedicated to 15 wartime military veterans, many who saw combat, from his family—History Leading to 50th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Book 1 and History Leading to 50th Anniversary of D-Day, Book 2.