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World War II infantrymen
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Steven Otfinoski |
"Describes the role infantryman played during World War II. Readers' choices reveal various historical details"--Provided by publisher. |
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The Dead and Those About to Die
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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 … |
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Eye-witness D-day
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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 |
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Normandy
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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… |
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The Bedford Boys
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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 |