Strike and Hold: A Memoir of the 82nd Airborne in World War II
T Moffatt Burriss, "Strike and Hold: A Memoir of the 82nd Airborne in World War II"
English | 2000 | ISBN: 1574882589, 1574883488 | EPUB | pages: 254 | 4.1 mb
English | 2000 | ISBN: 1574882589, 1574883488 | EPUB | pages: 254 | 4.1 mb
This fast-moving memoir of T. Moffatt Burriss shows his extraordinary role as a platoon leader and company commander with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Europe and North Africa during World War II. He saw a great deal of combat on Sicily, at Salerno, on Anzio Beach, in Holland during Operation Market Garden, and during the drive into Germany. This book portrays World War II as seen vividly through the eyes of the young American citizen-soldier.