The inspiring story of Joe Sacco and his part in the greatest battles of World War II, from Omaha Beach to the liberation of the concentration camp at Dachau, Germany. In his riveting debut, Where the Birds Never Sing, Jack Sacco recounts the realistic, harrowing, at times horrifying, and ultimately triumphant tale of an American GI in World War II. Told through the eyes of his father, Joe Sacco--a farm boy from Alabama who was flung into the chaos of Normandy and survived the terrors of the Bulge--this is no ordinary war story. As part of the 92nd Signal Battalion and Patton's famed 3rd Army, Joe and his buddies found themselves at the forefront--often in front of the infantry or behind enemy lines--of the Allied push through France and Germany. After more than a year of fighting, but still only twenty years old, Joe was a hardened veteran, but nothing could have prepared him for the horrors behind the walls of Germany's infamous Dachau concentration camp. Joe and his buddies were among the first 250 American troops into the camp, and it was there that they finally grasped the significance of the Allied mission. Surrounded and pursued by death and destruction, they not only found the courage and the will to fight, they discovered the meaning of friendship and came to understand the value and fragility of life. Told from the perspective of an ordinary soldier, Where the Birds Never Sing contains first-hand accounts and never-before published photos documenting one man's transformation from farm boy to soldier to liberator.
In Where the Birds Never Sing, Jack Sacco tells the harrowing and ultimately triumphant tale of his father, an American G.I. in World War II. Joe Sacco was a farm boy from Alabama who survived both Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge; at the age of twenty he was already a seasoned veteran. But it was at Dachau that he finally grasped the significance of the Allied mission; Sacco was among the first 250 American troops who entered the infamous concentration camp, where he witnessed unimaginable death and destruction. Told from the perspective of an ordinary soldier, Where the Birds Never Sing contains firsthand accounts and never-before-published photographs that document one man's transformation from farm boy to soldier to liberator. Jack Sacco is a director, writer, and composer living in Marina Del Rey, California. His writing and directing credits include the documentaries "Beyond the Fields" and "The Shroud," and he has co