No better place to die: Ste-Mère Eglise, June 1944 : the battle for La Fière Bridge
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Philadelphia, Pa. [u.a.]
Casemate
2009
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| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 272 S. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9781935149088 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Foreword. By Colonel Mark J. Alexander
7
Introduction. By Ian Daglish
10
Part I: No Better Place to Die. By Bob Murphy
15
Chapter
1:
Soldiers Tell the Tale
16
Chapter
2:
A Change of Plan
23
Chapter
3:
Operation Overlord: A Pathfinder s View
36
Chapter
4:
The Battle at
La Fière:
The Mission of the
1st
Battalion,
505
Parachute Infantry Regiment
44
Chapter
5:
Across the Causeway
64
Chapter
6:
The Battle of Chef-du-Pont
80
Chapter
7:
D-Day Plus One: June
7, 1944 91
Chapter
8:
Advance across the Marsh
107
Chapter
9:
Last Enemy Attack and the End of the Normandy Campaign
124
Part
П:
Eyewitness Reports: Paratrooper Accounts
131
Landing Alone on D-Day. By Howard Huebner
132
The Hottest Single Incident : The
1st
Battalion,
505
Parachute
Infantry Regiment at
La Fière.
By Mark J. Alexander
134
The Tank Attack on
La Fière
Causeway; June
6, 1944.
By Marcus
Heim 142
Letter to General Gavin. By John Dolan
146
Chief Turner Turnbull: The Action at Neuville-au-Plain. By Bob Murphy
153
D-Day in
Ste.
Mère-Eglise.
By Spencer
F. Wurst 157
Part
Ш:
Eyewitness Reports:
Gliderist
Accounts
169
A Brief History on Gliders. By Bob Murphy
170
D-Day Glider Landing. By Clinton Riddle
172
Landing with the Tank Force at Utah Beach. By Lucius P. Young
176
The
325
Glider Infantry Regiment Attack across
La Fière
Causeway.
By Lee Travelstead
180
A Medic in Normandy. By Chester Walker
187
The Fighting at Cauquigny and
Le Motey.
By Wayne Pierce
193
Part
IV:
Eyewitness Reports: French and German Accounts
197
The Opposition: Panzer Ersatz
und Ausbildungs Abteilung 100 198
The Battle of
La Fière,
Seen from the
Manoir.
By Madame Louis
Leroux
201
Manning the Bell Tower at
Ste.
Mère-Eglise: A
German Perspective.
By Rudolph May
205
The Light of Day: June
6, 1944.
By
Alexandre Renaud,
Wartime Mayor of
Ste.
Mère-Eglise
211
Part V: Return to Normandy
215
Epilogue. By Bob Murphy
216
Acknowledgments
227
Appendix A: Citations
230
Robert M. Murphy: Bronze Star Medal with Bronze V Device
230
Marcus
Heim:
Distinguished Service Cross
231
Charles DeGlopper: Medal of Honor
232
Appendix B: Historical Notes and Documents
233
Timeline: 82d Airborne Division
233
The Activation of the
505
Parachute Infantry Regiment
236
Jump Training
238
The Parachutist s Creed
241
Notes on the
505
Pathfinders
243
Pathfinder Employment for Operation Neptune
246
Appendix C: Stories for the Next Generation
249
In Memory of Bill Owens. By Bob Murphy
249
The Rabbit s Tale. Or, How a Big French Jackrabbit Helped Win
the War. By D.
Zane
Schlemmer 251
Christmas in the Bulge,
1944.
By D.
Zane
Schlemmer 254
Living History, Keeping History Alive:
A Tribute to the 82d Airborne Division. By
Emile Lacroix
257
Comments on Research and Further Reading. By Bob Murphy
264
Editor s Note. By Gayle
Wurst 267
Index
269
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