Return of the Eagle: How America Saved Its National Symbol (Greg Breining, Frank Oberle - A) CD Speirs became a foxhole legend

Speirs became a foxhole legend among his troops

the obstacles overcome on the way to making it a reality

But who was the real Lieutenant Speirs

Sarah Kay Bierle (Editor)

They give a face and history to those men who struggled across that bloody landscape

Return of the Eagle: How America Saved Its National Symbol (Greg Breining, Frank Oberle - A) CD Speirs became a foxhole legendby Greg Breining (Author), Frank Oberle (Photographer) This is the story of how a nation reversed a silent spring and saved the bald eagle from extinction. This bird of prey was declared the national symbol in 1782 but, by the 1960s, pollution and development had wiped out all but a few dozen. Grassroots movements started, the American consciousness was raised to all environmental threats, and federal laws were passed to keep the eagle population