Veterans: Faces of World War II

Product Description Ichiro Sudan trained to be a kamikaze. Roscoe Brown was a commander in the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military aviators. Charin Singh, a farmer from Delhi, spent seven years as a Japanese prisoner of war and was not sent home until four years after the war ended. Uli John lost an arm serving in the German army but ultimately befriended former enemy soldiers as part of a network of veterans-people who fought in the war and know what war really means. These are some ofthe faces and stories in the remarkable Veterans, the outcome of a worldwide project by Sasha Maslov to interview and photograph the last surviving combatants from World War II. Soldiers, support staff and resistance fighters candidly discuss wartime experiences and their lifelong effects in this unforgettable, intimate record of the end of a cataclysmic chapter in world history and tribute to the members of an indomitable generation. Veterans is also a meditation on memory, human struggle and the passage of time. Review 'In September 2010, photographer Sasha Maslov began taking portraits of Second World War veterans. With the help of archives, he tracked down more than 100 over the next six years, and travelled around the world to photograph them at home. Among his subjects are a Japanese pilot who was recruited at just 14, a German officer who risked execution by his own country to help his men, and a heroic British SAS commando. Here, to mark the anniversary of VE Day next month, they share their remarkable stories.' --Telegraph magazine From the Back Cover Veterans is a record of a cataclysmic period in world history and a time capsule of a nearly-passed generation, but also a meditation on memory, human struggle and the passage of time. Its portraits are indelible. About the Author Sasha Maslov is a Ukrainian photographer who lives and works in New York City. His work has been exhibited in various photo galleries and art spaces around Europe and the US. He is a regular contributor to the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Observer and elsewhere.