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The Making Of A Paratrooper
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Author : Kurt Gabel
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2015-08-07
The Making Of A Paratrooper written by Kurt Gabel and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-07 with History categories.
The memoir of paratrooper Kurt Gabel—a German Jew who emigrated to the US in 1938, joined the 513th Regiment of the 17th Airborne Division, and fought against his former countrymen in the Battle of the Bulge. Gabel conveys with rare immediacy an in-depth look at the training of a paratrooper, the dangers of combat, and his transformation from romantic idealist to warrior. He vividly recounts the fire fights and such episodes as narrow escapes, separation from his battalion and his rescue by another, and the interrogation of prisoners. He tells the full story of his desperate hours on “Dead Man’s Ridge” near Bastogne.
Paratrooper My Life With The 101st Airborne Division
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Author : Michael B. Kitz-Miller
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2015-08-17
Paratrooper My Life With The 101st Airborne Division written by Michael B. Kitz-Miller and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Paratrooper is the autobiography of a young man’s time with the famed 101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles.” With not the finances to finish his senior year in college and a looming draft, it leads to his enlisting in the U.S. Army. With thoughts of Officer’s Candidate School, Private Michael B. Kitz-Miller heads for a newly designed Basic Training course for soldiers planning to attend Airborne School. High performance results in Leadership School and Acting Sergeant in Advanced Infantry School. At Airborne School he is a runner-up for Honor Graduate from his original class of 1,000 soldiers. Finally, the new paratrooper boards a bus for Ft. Campbell and the 101st. His first job is as an M-60 machine gunner, scoring expert his first time on the weapons range. Numerous operations follow – Cold Eagle, Swift Strike II, Desert Strike and the surprise Operation Delawar, jumping into Iran in 1964 as part of the U.S. STRIKE Command. All produce commendations and after winning the Division Soldier-of-the-Month competition a promotion to Sergeant. He soon becomes part of the Battalion Mountaineering cadre. The rigors of Recondo School and its incredible 35 percent graduation rate follow, offering a shot at Honor Graduate. Having won Battalion and Brigade competitions, the young paratrooper enters and finds himself a finalist in the Division’s Soldier-of-the-Year competition. Tough career decisions follow. The story ends with Sergeant Kitz-Miller’s opportunity, 50 years later to compare key issues that confronted him as a soldier with those of today. The evaluation of Officers and NCOs, leadership and mentoring are but a few. His final chapters on Just War Theory and current Rules of Engagement provide provocative ideas about how to address our current policies on terrorist states. Above all, it is the story of a very successful Paratrooper that loved the Airborne Infantry.
The Paratrooper Training Pocket Manual 1939 45
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Author : Chris McNab
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2019-11-19
The Paratrooper Training Pocket Manual 1939 45 written by Chris McNab and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-19 with History categories.
During World War II, it quickly became apparent that the physical and tactical demands placed upon paratroopers required men of exceptional stamina, courage and intelligence. To create these soldiers, levels of training were unusually punishing and protracted, and those who came through to take their “wings” were a true elite. The Paratrooper Training Pocket Manual 1939–1945 provides an unusually detailed look into what it took to make a military paratrooper during the Second World War, and how he was then utilized in actions where expected survival might be measured in a matter of days. Using archive material from British, U.S., German and other primary sources—many never before published—this book explains paratrooper theory, training, and practice in detail. The content includes: details of the physical training, instruction in static-line parachute deployment, handling the various types of parachutes and harnesses, landing on dangerous terrain, small-arms handling, airborne deployment of heavier combat equipment, landing in hostile drop zones, tactics in the first minutes of landing, radio comms, and much more. Featuring original manual diagrams and illustrations, plus new introductory text explaining the history and context of airborne warfare, The Paratrooper Training Pocket Manual 1939–1945 provides a detailed insight into the principles and practice of this unique type of combat soldier.
Lest We Forget A World War Ii 101st Airborne Paratrooper
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Author : Marjorie Snell
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2016-06-11
Lest We Forget A World War Ii 101st Airborne Paratrooper written by Marjorie Snell and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A wife tells a 101st Airborne paratrooper's story of his WWII experiences in Normandy, Holland, and Bastogne. Together, the Snell's creative explanation and conversation through back and forth comparisons, provides an opportunity for the reader to have an emotional response to the effect of war from a paratrooper, veteran, a child, woman and nurse's point of view. War affects us all because we see through the eyes of people in far away, long ago, compelling events that shape our lives.
Us Paratrooper 1941 45
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Author : Carl Smith
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-10-20
Us Paratrooper 1941 45 written by Carl Smith and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-20 with History categories.
In Sicily, Normandy, and in the frozen hills of the Ardennes, America's airborne warriors proved themselves some of the toughest and most determined soldiers of World War 2. What made these soldiers so special? How were they recruited, how did they learn to jump and fight? What special tactics and equipment did they use? This title looks at what it was like to be one of the United States' airborne elite, through the experiences of the soldiers themselves. It is the story of the men who invariably led the way; the soldiers who flew to battle and walked home.
Paratrooper
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Author : Gerard M. Devlin
language : en
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
Release Date : 1979
Paratrooper written by Gerard M. Devlin and has been published by Robson Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with History categories.
Om amerikanske faldskærmssoldater i 2. Verdenskrig. Forfatteren har modtaget adskillige dekorationer.
Parachute Infantry
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Author : David Webster
language : en
Publisher: Dell
Release Date : 2011-10-12
Parachute Infantry written by David Webster and has been published by Dell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-12 with History categories.
David Kenyon Webster’s memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a first hand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel. From the beaches of Normandy to the blood-dimmed battlefields of Holland, here are acts of courage and cowardice, moments of irritating boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror, and pitched urban warfare. Offering a remarkable snapshot of what it was like to enter Germany in the last days of World War II, Webster presents a vivid, varied cast of young paratroopers from all walks of life, and unforgettable glimpses of enemy soldiers and hapless civilians caught up in the melee. Parachute Infantry is at once harsh and moving, boisterous and tragic, and stands today as an unsurpassed chronicle of war—how men fight it, survive it, and remember it. NOTE: This edition does not include photos.
Look Out Below
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Author : Francis L. Sampson
language : en
Publisher: CUA Press
Release Date : 2023-06-23
Look Out Below written by Francis L. Sampson and has been published by CUA Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A veteran of the Second World War and the Korean War, Francis L. Sampson was a real-life hero whose exploits inspired one of the most famous war films of all time, Saving Private Ryan. From rural beginnings in northwestern Iowa, Sampson's life would take him from the University of Notre Dame to the battlefields of Normandy on D-Day, the ambitious failure of Operation Market Garden, the harshness of a winter as a POW of the Germans during the closing stages of the Second World War, to the fall of North Korean capital Pyongyang in the early stages of the Korean War. Part of the very rare breed of Parachute Chaplains, in his case with the 101 st Airborne Division, Sampson spent much of his career as an army chaplain in the center of maelstroms of the 20 th century. Throughout it all, Sampson offered a valuable Christian witness in the darkest of times and the most difficult of circumstances. This second edition of his memoirs, Look Out Below! contains material on his service during the Korean War and occupation duty in Germany and Japan as well as the Second World War, with a new historical introduction by University of Scranton Professor Sean Brennan.
Hitler S Paratrooper
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Author : Gilberto Villahermosa
language : en
Publisher: Frontline Books
Release Date : 2010-07-30
Hitler S Paratrooper written by Gilberto Villahermosa and has been published by Frontline Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-30 with History categories.
“A valuable study . . . a must-read for everybody interested in the topic of German Fallschirmjäger in the Second World War” (Volker Griesser, author of The Lions of Carentan). Rudolf Witzig entered the history books as the heroic captor of Belgium’s supposedly impregnable fortress Eben Emael in May 1940—the first time that glider-borne troops were used in the war. To many people, he is also known as the commander of the battle group that fired the first shots of the Tunisian campaign. Remarkably, next to nothing has been written about him as an individual. This biography, completed with the full support of Witzig’s widow and son, is a comprehensive history of the man and also provides important new detail on the German parachute arm that he served. In the course of his service, Witzig was awarded the coveted Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, even though he had not yet earned the Iron Crosses 2nd and 1st class. To resolve the problem, he was awarded all three on the spot. Witzig was involved in Operation Mercury, the invasion of Crete, but was injured during the fighting. After his recovery, he was sent to Tunisia where he was credited with several successful defensive actions. He ended the war in captivity, surrendering to the Allies on May 8, 1945, the day after his name was placed on the Honour Roll of the Luftwaffe. “A gripping biography, providing a tough, gritty and compelling study of a German soldier.” —Firetrench “A unique, well-written and impeccably researched account of the Third Reich’s evolving fortunes as witnessed on numerous battlefronts by a highly decorated Fallschirmjäger officer.” —Mark J. Reardon, author of Defending Fortress Europe
Our Boys
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Author : Helen Parr
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2018-09-06
Our Boys written by Helen Parr and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-06 with History categories.
'This is an extraordinary book. It is partly about the Falklands War itself and the terrible things that the Paras endured, and the terrible things that some of them did, but it is also about the white working class of the 1970s and why some men born into this class ended up marching across an island that most of them had never heard of. Thoughtful and sometimes heart-breaking' Richard Vinen, author of National Service Our Boys brings to life the human experiences of the paratroopers who fought in the Falklands War, and examines the long aftermath of that conflict. It is a first in many ways - a history of the Parachute Regiment, a group with an elite and aggressive reputation; a study of close-quarters combat on the Falkland Islands; and an exploration of the many legacies of this short and symbolic war. Told unflinchingly through the experiences of people who lived through it, Our Boys shows how the Falklands conflict began to change Britain's relationship with its soldiers, and our attitudes to trauma and war itself. It is also the story of one particular soldier: the author's uncle, who was killed during the conflict, and whose fate has haunted both the author and his fellow paratroopers ever since.