If You Survive
From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story
If you survive your first day, I'll promote you.So promised George Wilson's World War II commanding officer in the hedgerows of Normandy -- and it was to be a promise dramatically fulfilled. From July, 1944, to the closing days of the war, from the first penetration of the Siegfried Line to the Nazis' last desperate charge in the Battle of the Bulge, Wilson fought in the thickest of the action, helping take the small towns of northern France and Belgium building by building.Of all the men and officers who started out in Company F of the 4th Infantry Division with him, Wilson was the only one who finished. In the end, he felt not like a conque…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-307-77525-2
- EAN: 9780307775252
- Produktnummer: 15737548
- Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'047 KB
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George Wilson (1921-2005) was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II. He wrote about that experience in his book If You Survive, which is now required reading at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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