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Omaha Beach and Beyond : The Long March of Sergeant Bob Slaughter

ISBN: 9780760337349 | 0760337349
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Motorbooks Intl
Pub. Date: 11/8/2009

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
"Slaughter vividly conveys the reality of combat during World War II in his book with sweeping passages that literally place his reader on the battlefield beside him." Belvoir Eagle Before D-Day, regular army soldiers called the National Guardsmen of Virginia's 116th Infantry Regiment "Home Nannies" and "Weekend Warriors" and worse. On June 6, 1944, on Omaha Beach, however, these proud Virginians who carried the legacy of the famed Stonewall Brigade showed the regular army and the world what true valor really was. In this moving World War II me... MORE
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Forewordp. 7
Introductionp. 11
How It All Beganp. 17
Stateside Trainingp. 27
Going Abroadp. 45
The 29th Rangersp. 59
Assault Trainingp. 77
The D-Day Planp. 95
Rough Ride to Hell: Omaha Beach, Dog Greenp. 103
Omaha to Saint-Lôp. 119
Saint-Lô and Beyondp. 139
Shrapnel Wound at Hill 203p. 147
Recovery and Returnp. 155
A Long Winter into Springp. 167
My War Endsp. 181
Epiloguep. 191
Eyewitness Accounts of Omaha Beach, 29th Infantry Divisionp. 213
Tricky Tides at Omaha Beachp. 273
Fatalities, 1944-1945: D Company, 116th Infantry Regimentp. 277
Additional Documentsp. 279
Acknowledgmentsp. 286
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John Robert Slaughter enlisted in the Virginia National Guard well before Pearl Harbor in early 1941 at the age of sixteen. A veteran jopurnalist, he retired from the Roanoke Times in 1987. Active in veteran affairs for many years, Slaughter then began to work for the creation of a memorial to commemorate the sacrifice of the American soldiers at Normandy. On June 6, 2001, the National D-Day Memorial was dedicated. Bob Slaughter lives in Roanoke, Virginia.



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