Unveiling the Untold Courage Behind the Mask: The True Story of an Everyday Hero
“No Less A Hero” illustrates the American World War One zeitgeist through the lives of a group of young Iowans. The young women of the group find their friendships tested by generational loyalties, and two of them experience the fears of having loved ones on the front lines.
One of those young friends becomes an unlikely hero. He enlists days before the draft, and by luck of the draw, along with half his company, he’s sent to France. On New Years Eve, 1917, he composes a resolution in his journal, promising himself that he’ll do everything he can to win the war. He’s killed on July 28, 1918, and a clerk discovers the journal in his personal effects. The resolution is forwarded to Creel’s Committee on Public Information, and it becomes the focal point of America’s next Liberty Bond drive.
