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Title: Those Devils in Baggy Pants by Ross S. Carter ISBN: 0-89966-613-2 Publisher: Buccaneer Books Inc Pub. Date: 01 June, 1987 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent insight into the 504th PIR during World War II.
Comment: History books rarely get into the everyday lives and thoughts of soldiers during war. This book does that and more by chronicling the exploits of Company C, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division during its 6 European Campaigns during World War II. The book is a little rough around the edges because Ross Carter, a member of Company C, died of cancer in 1947 before he could rewrite the original draft. Still, it conveys the thoughts and actions of this elite force like no history book can. Especially compelling is the Battle of Cheneux during the Battle of the Bulge which has been compared to the final battle in Saving Private Ryan but with many more casualties.
Rating: 5
Summary: World War II history of an 82nd Airborne Div. Paratrooper
Comment: In two years of researching my father's involvement in the
Second World War, I found Carter's personal history to be
by far the most honest account of combat I've ever read.
In telling the story of himself and the men in his platoon,
the author provides the reader with an up close and personal
look at the comraderie, the terror, and the horrors of war.
From North Africa, to Sicily, Italy, France, and Belgium,
where he is severely wounded at The Battle of the Bulge,
Carter tells a deeply moving story of a small group of brave,
honorable men of the 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment.
Casting his fellow soldiers as simply young men doing their
jobs, the author's account will bring to frequent tears any
reader with a sense of duty, honor, and country.
Rating: 5
Summary: AT THE TOP OF THE LIST!!!
Comment: WHY WAS THIS BOOK NEVER MADE INTO A MOVIE??
It would have been much more engrossing than "Band of Brothers". It is at, or near, the top of all the WWII books ever written. Do yourself a favor and read this book. I read it when I was about 17 years old. I have never forgotten it, and many things have brought it back into memory over the many years since mid 1959 when I read it. Only "From Here to Eternity"and "Battle Cry" were as engrossing, BUT this one is TRUE. READ IT.
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Title: Strike and Hold : A Memoir of the 82d Airborne in World War II by T. Moffatt Burriss ISBN: 1574883488 Publisher: Brassey's Inc Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Strike and Hold: A Memoir of the 82nd Airborne in World War II by T. Moffatt Burriss ISBN: 1574882589 Publisher: Brassey's Inc Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Combat Jump : The Young Men Who Led the Assault into Fortress Europe, July 1943 by Ed Ruggero ISBN: 0060088753 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: 82nd Airborne Division: All American (Spearhead Series) by Mike Verier ISBN: 0711028567 Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Road to Arnhem : A Screaming Eagle in Holland (World War II Library) by DONALD R. BURGETT ISBN: 0440236339 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 10 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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