Author Talk: Richard Sherman, "Never Home: Remembering the Military Heroes Who Never Returned"

Darien Library welcomes, Navy Gulf War veteran and a professional photographer, Richard Sherman to talk about his book, “Never Home: Remembering the Military Heroes Who Never Returned." The book honors the more than 207,000 men and women who are memorialized in America’s 23 overseas WWI and WWII cemeteries. 

Richard traveled and photographed all 23 American overseas WWI and WWII military cemeteries over the course of six years (8 trips to 3 continents): from Normandy to Tunisia, from Florence to Manila, and from England to Luxembourg. 

The book features more than 50 biographies of those who never made it home: from names you know, like Roosevelt and Patton, to ones you never heard of like Vinsant and Summers. The book includes more than 225 photos including several images from the 75th anniversary ceremony of the D-Day landings at Normandy American Cemetery. 

You can learn more about the project, see some sample images, and see media coverage at https://www.neverhomeheroes.com/index.

About Author/Photographer

Richard Sherman is an author and full-time professional photographer who sells artwork primarily to the healthcare, hospitality, and corporate markets. 

His photography has been exhibited by Mary Williams Fine Art and Red Filter Gallery, and his images have appeared three times on the cover of Caribbean Compass magazine, and in advertisements in Yachts International and Classic Boat magazine. He has been a photography instructor at Princeton Photo Workshop since 2014, and his artwork is hung in more than 30 VA and DoD healthcare facilities. 

Rich has an MBA from Georgetown University, a BA from Lehigh University, and he holds certificates in professional photography and in videography from the New York Institute of Photography. He is fluent in Spanish and speaks conversational French. Rich is a former Navy Officer and Gulf War Veteran, and his photography business operates as a certified veteran owned small business. He is also a member of the VFW and the American Legion. Before starting his photography business in 2011, Rich worked as a Wall Street analyst covering infrastructure technology companies, and was a partner at two boutique investment firms over the course of more than 15 years. 

You can see his images at www.RichardShermanPhotography.com. His book, "Never Home: Remembering the Military Heroes Who Never Returned," honors the more than 207,000 individuals interred in America’s 23 overseas WWI and WWII cemeteries and was published in April 2024. More information on the memorial book can be found at www.NeverHomeHeroes.com/index.