Parachute infantry: an American paratrooper's memoir of D Day and the fall of the Third Reich
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David Kenyon Webster's memoir is a clear-eyed, 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 firsthand 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 blood-dimmed 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 it stands today as an unsurpassed chronicle of war-how men fight it, survive it, and remember it.
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Autobiographies
Autobiography
Biographies
Campaigns
History
History, Military
Military
Normandy (France) -- History, Military
Personal narratives, American
Soldiers
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
United States. -- Army. -- Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th. -- Company E -- History
Webster, David Kenyon
Webster, David Kenyon, -- 1922-1961
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
Autobiography
Biographies
Campaigns
History
History, Military
Military
Normandy (France) -- History, Military
Personal narratives, American
Soldiers
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
United States. -- Army. -- Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th. -- Company E -- History
Webster, David Kenyon
Webster, David Kenyon, -- 1922-1961
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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Biographies
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Military
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy
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Parachute infantry : an American paratrooper's memoir of D Day and the fall of the Third Reich
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Parachute Infantry : an American paratrooper's memoir of D-Day and the fall of the Third Reich [electronic resource] / David Kenyon Webster
Parachute infantry : an American paratrooper's memoir of D Day and the fall of the Third Reich / David Kenyon Webster ; introduction by Stephen E. Ambrose
Parachute infantry : an American paratroopers memoir of D-Day and the fall of the Third Reich / David Kenyon Webster
Parachute infantry : an American paratrooper's memoir of D Day and the fall of the Third Reich / David Kenyon Webster ; introduction by Stephen E. Ambrose
Parachute infantry : an American paratroopers memoir of D-Day and the fall of the Third Reich / David Kenyon Webster
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