DIAMONDS AND PERILS: IWO JIMA SURVIVOR JOHNNY CANTRELL TELLS ABOUT HIS WORLD WAR II BATTLES, BOY SCOUT ADVENTURES, FARM LIFE, ROMANCE, AND JEWELRY BUSINESS

Diamonds and Perils is about the life of World War ll Navy veteran Johnny Cantrell of Bremen, Georgia, which started when his fellow Navy vet urged the author to write a newspaper article about him. Johnny spent little time in the Navy compared to career veterans due to the crushing toll taken on his diminutive body by the world’s most horrible conflict. Despite a hearing loss and a long recovery from battle fatigue, his legacy as a faithful member of what Tom Brokaw called The Greatest Gen...