Brave men, Ernie Pyle ; introduction to the Bison Books ed. by G. Kurt Piehler
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Brave men, Ernie Pyle ; introduction to the Bison Books ed. by G. Kurt Piehler
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autobiography
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Brave men
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Ernie Pyle ; introduction to the Bison Books ed. by G. Kurt Piehler
Summary
Newspapers columns reveal the journalist's first-hand accounts of trench warfare, field hospitals, destroyed cities, realities of being a soldier, and the frontlines of battle during the fighting in Europe from 1943 to 1944
Table Of Contents
Sicily--June-September, 1943. Chap. 1: Invasion prelude -- Chap. 2: The Armada sails -- Chap. 3: D-Day:-Sicily -- Chap. 4: The Navy stands by -- Chap. 5: Medics and casualties -- Chap. 6: The engineers' war -- chap. 7: Campaigning -- Chap. 8: Sicily conquered -- Italy--December, 1943-April, 1944. Chap. 9: Artillerymen -- Chap. 10: Personalities and asides -- Chap. 11: Mountain fighting -- Chap. 12: Dive bombers -- Chap. 13: The fabulous infantry -- Chap. 14: Light bombers -- Chap. 15: 1st cruise -- Chap. 16: Anzio-Nettuno -- Chap. 17: Beachhead fighters -- Chap. 18: Supply line -- Chap. 19: Hospital ship -- Chap. 20: Farewell to Italy -- England--April-May, 1944. Chap. 21: This England -- Chap. 22: Brass hats -- Chap. 23: The flying wedge -- Chap. 24: Stand byFrance--June-September, 1944. Chap. 25: The whistle blows -- Chap. 26: On the road to Berlin -- Chap. 27: Vive La France -- Chap. 28: American Ack-Ack -- Chap. 29: Street fighting -- Chap. 30: Reconnoiterings -- Chap. 31: Ordnance -- Chap. 32: Break-through -- Chap. 33: Hedgerow fighting -- Chap. 34: Paris -- Chap. 35: A last word
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