Compass: U.S. Army Ranger, European theater, 1944 - 45
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 137) |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 137 S. Ill., Kt. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781440101977 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
PROLOGUE: Life Flowing from Her
..........................xiii
PART ONE: YOUTH AND TRAINING
......................xvii
CHAPTER ONE: Boyhood: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
...........1
CHAPTER TWO: Becoming a Soldier and Ranger
..............7
PART TWO: NORMANDY AND THE FRENCH CAMPAIGN
.....15
CHAPTER THREE: Across the Channel: Normandy
........... 17
CHAPTER FOUR: Brittany Campaign—Brest
................ 23
CHAPTER FIVE: Leading to Hill
63........................ 29
CHAPTER SIX:
Le Conquet
.............................. 57
PART THREE: INVASION OF THE LOW COUNTRY AND INTO
GERMANY
..............................................63
CHAPTER SEVEN: Arlon, Belgium
........................65
CHAPTER EIGHT: Esch, Luxembourg
.....................67
CHAPTER NINE: Vossenack, Germany, Leading to the Huertgen
Forest
................................................69
CHAPTER TEN: Simmerath, Germany, Leading to the Battle of the
Bulge
................................................73
PART FOUR: ROMPING THROUGH GERMANY TO
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
......................................77
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Crossing the
Roer
and the Rhine
.........79
CHAPTER TWELVE: Victory in the Beer Capital of the World
... 87
PART FIVE: LIFE AFTER DUTY
.............................91
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Text Book Commando, Finally
........93
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Life After Duty (Family Perspective)
___99
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Next Generation (Family Perspective)
. 103
EPILOGUE: Cognac
......................................109
AFTERWORD: Compass
..................................
Ill
APPENDIX A: Historical Perspective
.........................113
APPENDIX B: World War II Travels of John W. Gorman
.........131
BIBLIOGRAPHY
........................................137
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