
D-Day +60 Years
This unique account of D-Dayhistory provides an unusual look into the US Armys preparation of a new typeof World War II warfare, that of airborne operations. The book describes, usingpersonal interviews with the veterans involved, how young men who had nevereven flown in an airplane before the war were trained to fly into combat, or toparachute into the dark of night. Thenarrative personalizes the...
This unique account of D-Dayhistory provides an unusual look into the US Armys preparation of a new typeof World War II warfare, that of airborne operations. The book describes, usingpersonal interviews with the veterans involved, how young men who had nevereven flown in an airplane before the war were trained to fly into combat, or toparachute into the dark of night. Thenarrative personalizes the...