This fast-moving memoir of T. Moffatt Burriss shows his extraordinary role as a platoon leader and company commander with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Europe and North Africa during World War II. He saw a great deal of combat on Sicily, at Salerno, on Anzio Beach, in Holland during Operation Market Garden, and during the drive into Germany. This book portrays World War II as seen vividly through the eyes of the young American citizen-soldier.
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| Maps | p. vi |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Prologue | p. 1 |
| The Way We Were | p. 11 |
| Learning How to Kill | p. 15 |
| Staging Area | p. 29 |
| Paratroopers Don't Stop for Tea | p. 36 |
| The Invasion of Italy | p. 52 |
| Anzio | p. 68 |
| There'll Always Be an England | p. 96 |
| Operation Market-Garden | p. 101 |
| The Battle of the Bulge | p. 165 |
| To the Heart of the Reich | p. 177 |
| Epilogue | p. 193 |
| List of Contributors | p. 203 |
| Casualties of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II in Europe | p. 204 |
| Index | p. 209 |
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This fast-moving memoir of T. Moffatt Burriss shows his extraordinary role as a platoon leader and company commander with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Europe and North Africa during World War II. He saw a great deal of combat on Sicily, a ...
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This fast-moving memoir of T. Moffatt Burriss shows his extraordinary role as a platoon leader and company commander with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Europe and North Africa during World War II. He saw a great deal of combat on Sicily, at Salerno, on Anzio Beach, in Holland during Operation Market Garden, and during the drive into Germany. This book portrays World War II as seen vividly through the eyes of the young American citizen-soldier.
| Maps | p. vi |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Prologue | p. 1 |
| The Way We Were | p. 11 |
| Learning How to Kill | p. 15 |
| Staging Area | p. 29 |
| Paratroopers Don't Stop for Tea | p. 36 |
| The Invasion of Italy | p. 52 |
| Anzio | p. 68 |
| There'll Always Be an England | p. 96 |
| Operation Market-Garden | p. 101 |
| The Battle of the Bulge | p. 165 |
| To the Heart of the Reich | p. 177 |
| Epilogue | p. 193 |
| List of Contributors | p. 203 |
| Casualties of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II in Europe | p. 204 |
| Index | p. 209 |
| Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved. |
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