Brave men /
Newspapers columns reveal the journalist's first-hand accounts of trench warfare, field hospitals, destroyed cities, realities of being a soldier, and the frontlines of battle during the fighting in Europe from 1943 to 1944
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| Language: | English |
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Lincoln, NE :
University of Nebraska Press,
c2001
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| Edition: | 1st Bison Books printing |
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Table of Contents:
- France--June-September, 1944. Chap. 25: The whistle blows
- Chap. 26: On the road to Berlin
- Chap. 27: Vive La France
- Chap. 28: American Ack-Ack
- Chap. 29: Street fighting
- Chap. 30: Reconnoiterings
- Chap. 31: Ordnance
- Chap. 32: Break-through
- Chap. 33: Hedgerow fighting
- Chap. 34: Paris
- Chap. 35: A last word
- Sicily--June-September, 1943. Chap. 1: Invasion prelude
- Chap. 2: The Armada sails
- Chap. 3: D-Day:-Sicily
- Chap. 4: The Navy stands by
- Chap. 5: Medics and casualties
- Chap. 6: The engineers' war
- chap. 7: Campaigning
- Chap. 8: Sicily conquered
- Italy--December, 1943-April, 1944. Chap. 9: Artillerymen
- Chap. 10: Personalities and asides
- Chap. 11: Mountain fighting
- Chap. 12: Dive bombers
- Chap. 13: The fabulous infantry
- Chap. 14: Light bombers
- Chap. 15: 1st cruise
- Chap. 16: Anzio-Nettuno
- Chap. 17: Beachhead fighters
- Chap. 18: Supply line
- Chap. 19: Hospital ship
- Chap. 20: Farewell to Italy
- England--April-May, 1944. Chap. 21: This England
- Chap. 22: Brass hats
- Chap. 23: The flying wedge
- Chap. 24: Stand by