Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
World War II infantrymen World War II infantrymen Steven Otfinoski "Describes the role infantryman played during World War II. Readers' choices reveal various historical details"--Provided by publisher. OL16727084W
The Dead and Those About to Die The Dead and Those About to Die John C. McManus This book is a white-knuckle account of the 1st Infantry Division's harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach. Nicknamed the Big Red One, 1st Division had fought from North Africa … OL17343923W
Eye-witness D-day Eye-witness D-day Jon E. Lewis Lewis fills this volume with a rich selection of participants' dairy selections, published memoirs, interviews, and contemporary articles from reporters on the ground to paint a stark and frequently … OL17884332W
Normandy Normandy Olivier Wieviorka The Allied landings on the coast of Normandy on June 6, 1944, have assumed legendary status in the annals of World War II. But in overly romanticizing D-day, Olivier Wieviorka argues, we have lost si… OL2440875W
The Bedford Boys The Bedford Boys Alex Kershaw On June 6, 1944, nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia--population 3,000--died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day when their landing craft dropped them in shallow water off Omaha Beach. They were pa… OL2726858W