More Than A War Hero

About the Book

This is the saga of one of World War II’s top heroes. The author, who is also the widow of this hero, attempts to portray the quality of life that leads him to perform the daring feat that merited the Medal of Honor, our nation’s highest award for military action above and beyond the call of duty. The act of valor took place on the Brittany peninsula in France. This was the area where the Nazis housed and operated their submarines to terrorize Atlantic shipping.

About the Author

Virginia Hallman was born in 1923 on her parent’s farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania and spent her first sixteen years there. When her parents sold the farm, they moved to a Spring City suburban area. She had never dreamed of writing a book until she was inspired by another medal of Honor recipient, who insisted she make the attempt. Unfortunately, she was unable to locate him after completing the project to acknowledge his role. It was twelve years in the making, recalling and researching the material, and then turning it into book form in her eighty-seventh year.