| Description |
xiii, 746 pages, 25 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Out whole future is in the air -- A breed apart -- Men of a particularly high order -- A whole new dimension to soldiering -- A small phalanx in a vast, strange land -- A self-adjusting foul-up -- A very rugged delivery -- Taking off for the gates of hell -- A force upon which the fifth army could depend -- A terrible and handsome sight -- Alles Kaputt! The Americans are killing everybody! -- you crossed that causeway -- Can't anything stop those men? -- A lasting and firm faith in the airborne -- We'll need to divisions to do that -- A Sunday drive in an airplane -- The germans are everywhere -- The finest division in the world today -- Even the Gods were weeping -- You are looking at the survivors -- To turn the tide -- Singing the blues about the right flank -- Making monkeys out of the Germans -- Another nasty job -- Present at the end -- Soldiers recently engaged in war. |
| Subject |
United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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| Added Title |
Sword of Saint Michael |
| ISBN |
9780306820236 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0306820234 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780306820243 (e-book) |
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0306820242 (e-book) |
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