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Glider infantryman : behind enemy lines in World War II /

A member of the famed Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division, Donald J. Rich went ashore on D-Day at Utah Beach, was wounded in the bloody conflict at Carentan, landed in a flimsy plywood-and-canvas glider on the battlefields of Holland, and survived the grim siege with the ""Batt...

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Main Author: Rich, Don (Donald J.)
Other Authors: Brooks, Kevin (Kevin W.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Rich, Don > (Donald J.)
United States. > Army. > Glider Infantry Regiment, 327th > History.
United States. > Army. > Glider Infantry Regiment, 327th > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781603445290
1603445293
1299052754
9781299052758
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • 37664459
  • Soldiering basics
  • England
  • Welcome to France
  • Carentan
  • Market garden
  • Stuck on the island
  • Back into battle
  • Fighting the enemy and the elements
  • On the offensive
  • Alsace
  • Germany
  • Long journey.

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