| Description |
ix, 294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Peacetime induction : just a one-year hitch for preparedness -- Basic training and Southern maneuvers : learning how to soldier -- Goodbye Mary, hello Iceland : pawns in the politics of war -- The "FBI" occupies the rock : the fighting bastards of Iceland battle the Arctic wasteland -- Underpaid, undersexed, and over there : training with our cousins across the pond -- "Lafayette, we are here," again! : bloody combat in the Normandy hedgerows -- Patton and the dash across France : winning the war in record time and making it look easy -- Metz the meat grinder : paying the price for Patton's folly -- The forgotten 5th in the Battle of the Bulge : fighting and freezing in Luxembourg -- The push into Germany : breaching the West Wall and wasting time in the Ruhr -- War's end : adding points and avoiding final opportunities for getting killed. |
| Subject |
Bilder, Michael C., 1919-
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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 5th.
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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 5th. (OCoLC)fst00639170
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe, Northern.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
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Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
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Regimental histories. (OCoLC)fst01354209
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Northern Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245081
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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| Chronological Term |
1939-1945
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives -- American.
(OCoLC)fst01424071
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| Added Author |
Bilder, James G., 1958-
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| ISBN |
9781612000909 (pbk.) |
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1612000908 (pbk.) |
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