Parachute Infantry An American Paratroopers Memoir of DDay and the Fall of the Third Reich by David Webster
Brand: Random House USA Inc
Product Description
David Kenyon Websters memoir is a cleareyed emotionally charged chronicle of youth camaraderie and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge Webster gives a first hand account of life in E Company 101st Airborne Division crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel. From the beaches of Normandy to the blooddimmed battlefields of Holland here are acts of courage and cowardice moments of irritating boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror and pitched urban warfare. Offering a remarkable snapshot of what it was like to enter Germany in the last days of World War II Webster presents a vivid varied cast of young paratroopers from all walks of life and unforgettable glimpses of enemy soldiers and hapless civilians caught up in the melee. Parachute Infantry is at once harsh and moving boisterous and tragic and stands today as an unsurpassed chronicle of warhow men fight it survive it and remember it. show more
Condition : New
Author : David Webster
Weight : 332
Publisher : Random House USA Inc
Language : English
EAN : 9780440240907
ISBN10 : 0440240905
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20100112
Place of Publication : New York United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 107 X 174 X 25mm