Beyond Recognition

Beyond Recognition, theinspiring true story of Lawrence J. Heron, an amazing athlete with a brilliant futurein professional sports who in 1944 saved an infantry battalion from extinction duringthe invasion of Normandy. His beautiful and devoted wife tells his story fromthe day they met to the end of their incredible journey. Football scholarships andprofessional baseball offers fell by the wayside the day a sniper's bulletexploded a mortar shell in his bare hands. Severely burned and blinded forlife, he refused to die so that he could reunite with his wife. Through spirit and determination they raised four children,and Heron spent the next 50 incredible years on a roller coaster ride of pain,suffering, joy, and sorrow. Accounts of bravery and sacrifice by Nobel PrizeWinner Dr. Joseph E. Murray and Army Chaplain Edward Connors, who both hailed fromHeron's hometown are woven into the fabric of the story. This fast-paced journeydefies belief as it unfurls in epic fashion. The pages turn almostautomatically as you read of the record-setting athlete who became World War II'smost severely wounded soldier, and of the incredibly miraculous recovery andrehabilitation that followed.