| Description |
viii, 1033 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1007-1013) and index. |
| Summary |
Eyewitness accounts of what American soldiers thought, felt, saw, heard, and tried to do in World War II. |
| Contents |
This is not a drill -- Preattack maneuvers -- The Philippine defenses -- Still asleep -- Early engagements -- Retreat -- The East Indies -- The fall of Bataan -- The Death March and morale missions -- At sea and in the air -- American air power concepts -- Opening offensives -- Paratroopers, raiders, rangers, marauders, Alamo Scouts -- Torch -- Grim glimmers -- Defeat -- Tunisia -- Husky -- Island ventures -- Point blank, blitz week, and Ploesti -- Avalanche, Shingle, and defeats -- Solomon finales, Galvanic, and Flintlock -- Burmese days and skip bombing -- Big week, batterings and assaults in Italy -- Galahad's joust, new ventures, minor gains, and Overlord -- Overlord overtures -- Daylight at Omaha Beach -- Getting off Omaha -- Utah Beach -- Hanging on -- The Normandy campaign begins -- Superforts and the Marianas -- Breakout -- Dragoon -- Silent service, Peleliu -- Paris, Brest, Market Garden -- Winter comes to Europe -- I have returned -- The Battle of Leyte Gulf and the kamikazes -- The Ardennes -- Chaos -- End of siege -- Casualties and POWs -- The Battle for Manila -- Firestorms -- Over the Rhine. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0891416951 |
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9780891416951 |
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