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re: WWII books to read....
Posted on 12/14/14 at 11:21 am to TheJunction
Posted on 12/14/14 at 11:21 am to TheJunction
Cornelius Ryan's The Longest Day (about D-Day) and A Bridge Too Far (about Operation Market Garden). Both are classics and were made into pretty good movies.
ETA: Thunder Below! by Eugene Flukey and The Terrible Hours by Peter Maas are good reads on submarine warfare, as well. Also, The Imperial War Museum Book of War Behind Enemy Lines by Julian Thomson details the small units and operations of the British in WWII, including the beginnings of the SAS and SBS.
ETA: Thunder Below! by Eugene Flukey and The Terrible Hours by Peter Maas are good reads on submarine warfare, as well. Also, The Imperial War Museum Book of War Behind Enemy Lines by Julian Thomson details the small units and operations of the British in WWII, including the beginnings of the SAS and SBS.
This post was edited on 12/14/14 at 3:13 pm
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Posted on 12/14/14 at 2:13 pm to DownSouthJukin
Flyboys by James Bradley is a fantastic book.
Posted on 12/15/14 at 9:59 am to DownSouthJukin
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Cornelius Ryan's The Longest Day (about D-Day) and A Bridge Too Far (about Operation Market Garden). Both are classics and were made into pretty good movies.
You beat me to those ... I've read them both a couple of times. Most U.S. paratroopers have at one time or another either while bored in garrison or bored in the field.
Jumpin' Jim Gavin actually pinned my ARCOM on me when I was Trooper of the Year ... I was told it was his last visit ever to Bragg.
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