A look at the men of E Company of World War II, this gripping book describes how they parachuted into France early D-Day morning, parachuted into Holland in the Arnhem campaign, and captured Hitler's Bavarian outpost.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
CHAPTER ONE "We Wanted Those Wings"; Camp Toccoa, July-December 1942
CHAPTER TWO "Stand Up and Hook Up"; Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks, December 1942-September 1943
CHAPTER THREE "Duties of the Latrine Orderly"; Aldbourne, September 1943-March 1944
CHAPTER FOUR "Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!"; Slapton Sands, Uppottery, April 1-June 5, 1944
CHAPTER FIVE "Follow Me"; Normandy, June 6, 1944
CHAPTER SIX "Move Out!"; Carentan, June 7-July 12 1944
CHAPTER SEVEN Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions; Aldbourne, July 13-September 16, 1944
CHAPTER EIGHT "Hell's Highway"; Holland, September 17-October 1, 1944
CHAPTER NINE The Island; Holland, October 2-November 25, 1944
CHAPTER TEN Resting, Recovering, and Refitting; Mourmelon-le-Grand, November 26-December 18, 1944
CHAPTER ELEVEN "They Got Us Surrounded -- the Poor Bastards"; Bastogne, December 19-31, 1944
CHAPTER TWELVE The Breaking Point; Bastogne, January 1-13, 1945
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Attack; Noville, January 14-17, 1945
CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Patrol; Haguenau, January 18-February 23, 1945
CHAPTER FIFTEEN "The Best Feeling in the World"; Mourmelon, February 25-April 2, 1945
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Getting to Know the Enemy; Germany, April 2-30, 1945
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Drinking Hitler's Champagne; Berchtesgaden, May 1-8, 1945
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Soldier's Dream Life; Austria, May 8-July 31, 1945
CHAPTER NINETEEN Postwar Careers; 1945-1991
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND SOURCES
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