| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxvii, 283 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-269) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: 0-hour+15 / by Jim DeFelice -- Prologue: Why we remember -- Early days -- Echoes of war -- Infamy and England -- Lighting the torch -- My life in my hands -- Husky -- (Some) rest for the weary -- A mighty endeavor -- Beyond despair -- Deliverance -- Breakout -- The rewards of peace -- Legacy -- Collaborator's note: Bringing Ray's story to the page / by Jim DeFelice -- Appendix A: The combat medics of World War II -- Appendix B: Battle fatigue, psychoneurosis, and PTSD in World War II -- Appendix C: Further reading. |
| Summary |
"Seventy-five years ago, he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now Ray Lambert, ninety-eight years old, delivers one of the most remarkable memoirs, a tour-de-force of remembrance evoking his role as a decorated World War II medic who risked his life to save the heroes of D-Day."--Publisher's description. |
| Subject |
Lambert, Ray (Arnold Ray)
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United States. Army -- Medical personnel -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Biography.
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Operation Neptune.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
DeFelice, Jim, 1956- author.
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| ISBN |
9780062937483 (hardcover) |
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0062937480 (hardcover) |
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