| Description |
xiv, 305 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-286) and index. |
| Summary |
An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the way to victory in Europe. This is the dramatic story of sixty-eight soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion, D Company-- Dog Company-- who were in the right place at the right time: from D-Day, when German guns atop Pointe du Hoc threatened the Allied landings and the men of Dog Company scaled the ninety-foot cliffs to destroy them; to the thickly forested slopes of Hill 400, in Germany's Hürtgen Forest, where the Rangers launched a desperate bayonet charge across an open field, captured the crucial hill, and held it against all odds. |
| Contents |
Dog company -- "Rangers? bullshit!" -- Big Jim -- Fort Pierce and overseas -- Bude -- The needles -- The mission -- Final preparations -- A tough spot for a landing -- "Into the valley of death" -- "They sky was burning" -- The landing -- The climb -- Atop the fortress -- Bunkers and farms -- The guns of Pointe du Hoc -- Swimmers -- The first counterattack -- Nighttime attacks -- June 7 -- The relief of Pointe du Hoc -- Survivors -- The assault on Brest -- Hill 63 -- The fabulous four -- Interlude -- A factory of death -- Moving out -- Bergstein -- counterattack -- The church -- The charge -- Hill 400 -- Their "longest day" -- Nightfall -- December 8 -- Final Assault on Bergstein -- Relief finally arrives -- The bulge -- Back to Hürtgen -- Crossing the Roer -- The last act. |
| Subject |
United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 2nd.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
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United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 2nd. (OCoLC)fst01429154
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
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Regimental histories. (OCoLC)fst01354209
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France -- Normandy.
(OCoLC)fst01210709
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1939-1945
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| ISBN |
9780306820298 (hbk.) |
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0306820293 (hbk.) |
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9780306822643 (pbk.) |
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0306822644 (pbk.) |
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