The victors : Eisenhower and his boys : the men of World War by Eisenhower, Dwight David; Eisenhower, Dwight David; Ambrose,
By Eisenhower, Dwight David; Eisenhower, Dwight David; Ambrose, Stephen E
From historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes a super telling of the warfare in Europe, from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to the top, 11 months later, on could 7, 1945. This authoritative narrative account is drawn through the writer himself from his 5 acclaimed books approximately that clash, so much quite from the definitive and accomplished D-Day and Citizen infantrymen. The Victors comprises tales of person battles, Read more...
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The victors : Eisenhower and his boys : the men of World War II
From historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, comes an excellent telling of the battle in Europe, from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to the top, 11 months later, on may perhaps 7, 1945. This authoritative narrative account is drawn by way of the writer himself from his 5 acclaimed books approximately that clash, such a lot really from the definitive and accomplished D-Day and Citizen squaddies.
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London took him to its heart. He was so big, so generous, so optimistic, so intelligent, so outspoken, so energetic-so American. Besides being good copy personally, he represented the American military machine that was coming to win the war, so inevitably he was a center of attention. His relations with the London press were as good as with the American. The British appreciated reports that he took them as they were, neither trying to ape their mannerisms nor make fun of their ways. ” Another favorite London story concerned Eisenhower’s heavy smoking-he consumed four packs of Camels a day.
Their educations had been cut short, either by the Depression or by the war. “Yet, with this background, I had and still have a great love for my country,” Lt. Harry Welsh declared forty-eight years later. Whatever their legitimate complaints about how life had treated them, they had not soured on it or on their country. They came out of the Depression with many other positive features. They were self-reliant, accustomed to hard work and to taking orders. Through sports or hunting or both, they had gained a sense of self-worth and self-confidence.
S. Army in 1942-43 was one of the great achievements of the American Republic in the twentieth century. How it was accomplished is a long story, one part of which is told in this account of the beginnings of a company of elite volunteers who were part of the 101st Airborne Division. S. Army, came from different backgrounds, different parts of the country. They were farmers and coal miners, mountain men and sons of the Deep South. Some were desperately poor, others from the middle class. One came from Harvard, one from Yale, a couple from UCLA.