Onward we charge: the heroic story of Darby's Rangers in World War II
Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart, and posthumously promoted to Brigadier General by President Truman, Colonel William Darby was an indisputable hero. His elite battalion of Army Rangers paved the way for Ranger success in subsequent wars, and left an unforgettable legacy...
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| Summary: | Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart, and posthumously promoted to Brigadier General by President Truman, Colonel William Darby was an indisputable hero. His elite battalion of Army Rangers paved the way for Ranger success in subsequent wars, and left an unforgettable legacy in its wake. This book takes readers from the beachheads of North Africa to the bloody campaigns of southern Italy, and to Darby's tragic death by German shrapnel just eight days before V-E Day. This is the true story of a man who held his own beside the greatest military figures in history.--From publisher description. |
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| adam_text | • CONTENTS*
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER
1
CHAPTER
2
CHAPTER
3
CHAPTER
4
CHAPTER
5
CHAPTER
6
CHAPTER
7
CHAPTER
8
The Arkansas Kid
All Types of Americans
The Chosen Few
El Darb
о
We Know Better Now
Lighting the Torch
Snapshots
Appointment in Tunisia
1
7
24
34
42
58
78
94
105
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
9
God Help the Tanks
CHAPTER
10
Gela
CHAPTER
11
Avalanche
CHAPTER
12
A Year and a Day
CHAPTER
13
Field Order Nineteen
CHAPTER
14
Down Our Alley
CHAPTER
15
A Good Deal of Trouble
CHAPTER
16
Finest Hour
CHAPTER
17
Quite a Flap
CHAPTER
18
The Houdini Rangers
CHAPTER
19
Home Is the Hero
CHAPTER
20
Italian Spring
EPILOGUE Legend and Legacy
CHRONOLOGY
THE ORIGINAL DARBY S RANGERS
RANGERS AT DIEPPE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
116
128
142
161
174
190
201
210
219
232
247
262
270
282
287
295
297
301
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• CONTENTS*
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER
1
CHAPTER
2
CHAPTER
3
CHAPTER
4
CHAPTER
5
CHAPTER
6
CHAPTER
7
CHAPTER
8
The Arkansas Kid
All Types of Americans
The Chosen Few
El Darb
о
We Know Better Now
Lighting the Torch
Snapshots
Appointment in Tunisia
1
7
24
34
42
58
78
94
105
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
9
God Help the Tanks
CHAPTER
10
Gela
CHAPTER
11
Avalanche
CHAPTER
12
A Year and a Day
CHAPTER
13
Field Order Nineteen
CHAPTER
14
Down Our Alley
CHAPTER
15
A Good Deal of Trouble
CHAPTER
16
Finest Hour
CHAPTER
17
Quite a Flap
CHAPTER
18
The Houdini Rangers
CHAPTER
19
Home Is the Hero
CHAPTER
20
Italian Spring
EPILOGUE Legend and Legacy
CHRONOLOGY
THE ORIGINAL DARBY'S RANGERS
RANGERS AT DIEPPE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
116
128
142
161
174
190
201
210
219
232
247
262
270
282
287
295
297
301
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