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1abemarch
Dick Stodghill's book: Normandy 1944 - A young Rifleman's War, will be the subject on the History Channel on January 19th.
2jmnlman
A memoir? or something closer to what Paul Fussell did?
3jmnlman
Looks to be a memoir. I'll try picking up a copy. Always interested in the primary accounts.
For much the same ground level perspective try Because we are Canadians by Charles D. Kipp and the three volume autobiography by George Blackburn Where the Hell Are the Guns?, The Guns of Normandy and The Guns of Victory.
jmnlman
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For much the same ground level perspective try Because we are Canadians by Charles D. Kipp and the three volume autobiography by George Blackburn Where the Hell Are the Guns?, The Guns of Normandy and The Guns of Victory.
jmnlman
Strategist's Personal Library
http://jmnlman.blogspot.com/
4abemarch
If you want to know more about the book: Normandy 1944, here is the website:
http://www.dickstodghill.com/
My website:
http://www.freewebs.com/abemarch
http://www.dickstodghill.com/
My website:
http://www.freewebs.com/abemarch
5abemarch 
To Beirut and Back - An American in the Middle East
by Abe F. March
An entrepreneur's journey to Beirut achieving success then disaster, and returning.
by Abe F. March
An entrepreneur's journey to Beirut achieving success then disaster, and returning.
6JimThomson
I have just finished 'A PASSAGE TO SWORD BEACH,Mine-sweeping in the Royal Navy' (1996) by Brendan A. Maher and published by the Naval Institute Press in Annapolis, MD.
As we all know, the most dramatic war stories are told first, and the rest of the story dribbles out over the next half-century. Obviously minesweeping is not dramatic, unless one happens to be on a minesweeper in enemy waters in total darkness, near land, with nothing but a compass and a depth indicator to navigate by. And these ships were not mine-proof. More than a few of them were destroyed by the mines they were hunting, including contact, water over-pressure, anti-sweeping, magnetic field-sensing and delayed-activation types.
They did not clear the waters with just a single sweep. Due to delayed-activation mines, the area had to be swept no less than ten times, often under attack from enemy air and coastal artillery forces, and sometimes from their own misguided air assets.
Anyway, keep in mind, No Mine-sweepers-No Invasion. This is a worthy look at the nuts, bolts and explosives of WWII for those who wish to hear the Rest of the Story.
As we all know, the most dramatic war stories are told first, and the rest of the story dribbles out over the next half-century. Obviously minesweeping is not dramatic, unless one happens to be on a minesweeper in enemy waters in total darkness, near land, with nothing but a compass and a depth indicator to navigate by. And these ships were not mine-proof. More than a few of them were destroyed by the mines they were hunting, including contact, water over-pressure, anti-sweeping, magnetic field-sensing and delayed-activation types.
They did not clear the waters with just a single sweep. Due to delayed-activation mines, the area had to be swept no less than ten times, often under attack from enemy air and coastal artillery forces, and sometimes from their own misguided air assets.
Anyway, keep in mind, No Mine-sweepers-No Invasion. This is a worthy look at the nuts, bolts and explosives of WWII for those who wish to hear the Rest of the Story.
