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D-Day with the Screaming Eagles

by George Koskimaki

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A collection of eyewitness accounts of the Normandy landings that "gives you the [feeling] that you are there during the frenzied first hours of the invasion" (Kepler's Military History Book Reviews).  Many professional historians have recorded the actions of D-Day but here is an account of the airborne actions as described by the actual men themselves, in eyewitness detail.    Participants range from division command personnel to regimental, battalion, company, and battery commanders, to chaplains, surgeons, enlisted medics, platoon sergeants, squad leaders and the rough, tough troopers who adapted quickly to fighting in mixed, unfamiliar groups after a badly scattered drop. And yet they managed to gain the objectives set for them in the hedgerow country of Normandy.     This book is primary source material. It is a "must read" for anyone interested in the Normandy landings, the 101st Airborne Division, and World War II in general. Hearing the soldiers speak is an entirely different experience from reading about the action in a narrative history.… (more)
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Good history of airborne soldiers. ( )
  kslade | Nov 29, 2022 |
This book seems strictly factual. The style is so low-key, it isn't very interesting to one who wasn't present in the fight. I am sure the facts are good. It would be most enjoyed by those who participated in D-Day. ( )
  billsearth | Aug 10, 2008 |
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A collection of eyewitness accounts of the Normandy landings that "gives you the [feeling] that you are there during the frenzied first hours of the invasion" (Kepler's Military History Book Reviews).  Many professional historians have recorded the actions of D-Day but here is an account of the airborne actions as described by the actual men themselves, in eyewitness detail.    Participants range from division command personnel to regimental, battalion, company, and battery commanders, to chaplains, surgeons, enlisted medics, platoon sergeants, squad leaders and the rough, tough troopers who adapted quickly to fighting in mixed, unfamiliar groups after a badly scattered drop. And yet they managed to gain the objectives set for them in the hedgerow country of Normandy.     This book is primary source material. It is a "must read" for anyone interested in the Normandy landings, the 101st Airborne Division, and World War II in general. Hearing the soldiers speak is an entirely different experience from reading about the action in a narrative history.

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