517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team
Title | 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Turner Publishing Company |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | 1563114089 |
Battling Buzzards
Title | Battling Buzzards PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald Astor |
Publisher | Dell |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 2009-04-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0307565610 |
The Few and the Brave Convinced by 1943 that the assault upon Nazi-held Europe would yield swiftly to elite troops, the U.S. Army created parachute regimental combat teams. Drawing on daring volunteers willing to hurl themselves from airplanes and hit the ground fighting, the 517th PRCT became one of the most highly trained airborne units in the world. Blooded in northern Italy in 1944, the Battling Buzzards dropped at night in southern France for the second D-day to spearhead a savage advance through the Champagne region and then into the Alps. Gerald Astor, acclaimed author of A Blood-Dimmed Tide, draws on the words of the men of the 517th to create this gripping, action-packed account of a unit that existed for only two years but fought heroically to defeat the vaunted German forces. From its campaign in Italy to its assault in the French Alps, the Battling Buzzards helped push the Germans out of southern Europe one fierce, close-quarter battle at a time. Then, after six months of nonstop action, the exhausted, battle-hardened 517th was called into the ultimate battle — at a place called The Bulge....
Infantry 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team Papers
Title | Infantry 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team Papers PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Army. Parachute Combat Team, 517th |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1944 |
Genre | World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN |
Contains information pertaining to the following war and time period: World War II.
Paratroopers' Odyssey
Title | Paratroopers' Odyssey PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | 9780961601508 |
Letters Home
Title | Letters Home PDF eBook |
Author | H. L. "Bud" Curtis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 2007-03-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780978864422 |
Letters Home, a Paratrooper's Story
Title | Letters Home, a Paratrooper's Story PDF eBook |
Author | H. L. "Bud" Curtis |
Publisher | Aardvark Global Publishing DBA Ecko Publishing |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781427650306 |
"H.L. "Bud" Curtis, 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team (PRCT) 1943-1945"--Cover.
A Blood-Dimmed Tide
Title | A Blood-Dimmed Tide PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald Astor |
Publisher | Dell |
Pages | 566 |
Release | 1993-12-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780440215745 |
Drawing on firsthand accounts by survivors of the bloody Battle of the Bulge, diaries, letters, and official documents, this study describes the events of the campaign, hardships faced by the soldiers, the battle's horrifying costs, and the controversy surrounding the campaign.