Whatever it took : an American paratrooper's extraordinary memoir of escape, survival, and heroism i...
Whatever it took : an American paratrooper's extraordinary memoir of escape, survival, and heroism i...
Whatever it took : an American paratrooper's extraordinary memoir of escape, survival, and heroism in the last days of World War II / Henry Langrehr and Jim DeFelice.
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Publisher
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Call Numbers
G 2020/5874
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Ve Day, 1945 -- Middle America -- Training up -- June 1944 -- Drop zone -- Hedgerows -- Prisoner -- The mines -- The war outside the fence -- Opportunity -- What had to be done -- Home -- Survival's rewards -- Going back.
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Publisher
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
"Now at 95, one of the few living members of the Greatest Generation shares his experiences at last in one of the most remarkable World War II stories ever told. As the Allied Invasion of Normandy launched in the pre-dawn hours of June 6, 1944, Henry Langrehr, an American paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne, was among the thousands of Allies who par...
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Whatever it took : an American paratrooper's extraordinary memoir of escape, survival, and heroism in the last days of World War II / Henry Langrehr and Jim DeFelice.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-267)
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Date Copyright
©2020
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G 2020/5874
Record Identifier
74VKaqPQzAmZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaqPQzAmZ
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ISBN
0063027429 (hardcover)
9780063027428 (hardcover)
DDC
940.548173 B
MMS ID
991024324717402626
