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Brothers in Battle: Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story

Door William Guarnere e.a.

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#322788-XB10
Titel
Brothers in Battle: Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story
Auteur
Guarnere, William & Edward Heffron
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
New York : Berkley Caliber
Jaar van uitgave
2007
ISBN10
0425224368
ISBN13
9780425224366
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Tom Hanks introduces the remarkable (Publishers Weekly) true story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO (R) miniseries Band of Brothers. William Wild Bill Guarnere and Edward Babe Heffron were among the first paratroopers of the U. S. Army-members of an elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division called Easy Company. The crack unit was called upon for every high-risk operation of the war, including D-Day, Operation Market Garden in Holland, the Battle of the Bulge, and the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden. In his own words, Guarnere gives a gripping account of D-Day from the paratrooper's perspective. Both men vividly re-create dropping into Holland to capture the roads and bridges between Eindhoven and Arnhem, known as Hell's Highway. Through much of... (Lees verder) 1944 both friends fought side by side-until Guarnere lost his right leg in the Battle of the Bulge and was sent home. Heffron went on to liberate slave labor and concentration camps and capture Hitler's Eagle's Nest hideout. United by their experience, the two reconnected at the war's end and were inseparable up until their deaths. Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends is a tribute to the lasting bond forged between comrades in arms under fire and to all the brave men who fought fearlessly for freedom. Includes photographs
Pagina's
296
Conditie
Goed — Permanent marker stripe bottom cut.
Prijs
€ 10,00

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