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A Foot Soldier For Patton: The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman With the U.s. Third Army

by: Bilder, Michael C.

A Foot Soldier For Patton: The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman With the U.s. Third Army

by: Bilder, Michael C.

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ISBN 10:
1932033912
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/30/2008
Publisher: Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc

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A brutally honest depiction of day-to-day combat in World War II, "A Foot Soldier for Patton" takes the reader from the beaches of Normandy, to the brutal battles on the Westwall in the Ardennes, and finally to the conquest of Germany itself.

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Peacetime Induction: Just a One-Year Hitch for Preparedness	p. 5
Basic Training and Southern Maneuvers: Learning How to Soldier	p. 17
Goodbye Mary, Hello Iceland: Pawns in the Politics of War	p. 33
The "FBI" Occupies the Rock: The Fighting Bastards of Iceland Battle the Arctic Wasteland	p. 43
Underpaid, Undsexed, and Over There: Training with Our Cousins Across the Pond	p. 63
"Lafayette, We Are Here," Again!: Bloody Combat in the Normandy Hedgerows	p. 85
Patton and the Dash Across France: Winning the War in Record Tme and Making It Look Easy	p. 115
Metz the Meat Grinder: Paying the Price for Patton's Folly	p. 145
The Forgotten 5th in the Battle of the Bulge: Fighting and Freezing in Luxembourg	p. 175
The Push into Germany: Breaching the West Wall and Wasting Time in the Ruhr	p. 203
War's End: Adding Points and Avoiding Final Opportunities for Getting Killed	p. 235
Epilogue	p. 259
Acknowledgments	p. 267
The Second Infantry Roll of Honor	p. 269
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A Foot Soldier For Patton: The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman With the U.s. Third Army

A Foot Soldier For Patton: The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman With the U.s. Third Army

9781932033915

1932033912

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