Rich Sherman is the author of Never Home: Remembering the Military Heroes Who Never Returned. In this week’s interview he shared about his experience in the Navy. Joining in 1989 and leaving for Desert Shield shortly after arriving at his first assignment. After serving in the military he left for the business world. And through a series of events became a photographer and embarked on a journey to share the stories of those who never came home from World War I and World War II. He shares how the book came to be and a little about the experience of visiting all the national cemeteries outside of the US.
Never Home: Remembering the Military Heroes Who Never Returned
He joined the Navy because of the influence of family and friends. It wasn’t until his senior year of college that he signed up. The program gave him a commission once he graduated and completed OTS. He joined as an intel officer. After intel officer school he got to his first assignment and this led him to deploy for Desert Shield. One moment that stuck out to him was when he briefed a Navy Seal team that went on a mission. He knew that the information he gave them was life and death. The seal team also wanted to go and reference the reports he shared during the brief. They knew how important the information the intel team had was.
Leaving the military
He left the military and found the transition to be a culture shock. But he found his way and got his MBA. He worked in the finance industry for years and then eventually decided to become a photographer. This journey led him to create the book Never Home.
Never Home
“Never Home: Remembering the Military Heroes Who Never Returned” by Navy veteran and professional photographer Richard Sherman takes you on an emotional journey to all 23 of America’s overseas World War I and World War II cemeteries managed by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). The book includes powerful images coupled with more than 50 biographies of individuals who perished during the wars and, even in death, have still not made it home. From Normandy to Manila, from Tunisia to Florence, and from Luxembourg to Provence, this book honors those who sacrificed everything to ensure our freedom.
Rich shares about this experience in the podcast interview and some behind the scenes stories of how the book idea came to be. I am excited to share this interview and recommend you order his book, Never Home today!
