Mahanay Brothers

A farm family in Texas sent all six of its sons into military service between December 7 1941 and November 22 1963. Its only son-in-law also served. This is not a narrative about men who battled on foreign soil. Some never left the American continent; none ever fired a shot at the enemy. But these seven steadfastly served their nation between those two dates of infamy. Thus their stories are of no less importance than those of men who fought overseas. Their stories tell of adventure a mother’s broken heart a father’s sadness and the loneliness of brides left behind