The All Americans in World War II : a photographic history of the 82nd Airborne Division at war

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Title:

The All Americans in World War II : a photographic history of the 82nd Airborne Division at war

Author:

Nordyke, Phil.

ISBN:

9780760326176

Publication Information:

St. Paul, MN : Zenith Press, c2006.

Physical Description:

192 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

Corporate Subject:

United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd -- History.

United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd -- Pictorial works.

Subject Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States -- Pictorial works.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe -- Pictorial works.

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On the night of 9/10 July 1943 the All Americans of the 82nd Airborne Division jumped into history as they made their first parachute assault of World War II. Three others would follow: Salerno, Normandy, and Holland. In total the division served more than three hundred days in combat, a record unmatched by any other American division. With nearly 400 historic photographs, many never before published, The All Americans in World War II provides a complete photographic history of the 82nd Airborne Division as it fought it way across Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium, and Germany, ultimately all the way to Berlin as part of the American occupation forces. This book is an essential addition to any serious World War II collection and a tribute to the fighting spirit of this legendary division.

Author Notes

Phil Nordyke's first book, All American All the Way: The Combat History of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II , was published in May 2005 by Zenith Press to wide critical and popular acclaim. He is considered the historian of the division, and the book was also an editor's choice of the Military Book Club. Mr. Nordyke lives in McKinney, Texas.

Chapter 1 "Fierce Individualists"	p. 6
Chapter 2 "Ready"	p. 12
Chapter 3 "Destroy Him Wherever Found"	p. 17
Chapter 4 "We Had a Long Way to Go Yet, and Some of the Men Would Accompany Us No More"	p. 22
Chapter 5 "Retreat Hell!-Send Me My 3rd Battalion!"	p. 28
Chapter 6 "Wait Until a Triumphant Entry is Organized"	p. 31
Chapter 7 "Devils in Baggy Pants"	p. 37
Chapter 8 "You Are About to Embark Upon the Great Crusade"	p. 41
Chapter 9 "Almighty God, Our Sons, Pride of our Nation, This Day Have Set Upon a Mighty Endeavor"	p. 50
Chapter 10 "Wherever You Land, Make Your Way to Ste.-Mere-Eglise, and Together We Will Raise This Flag"	p. 53
Chapter 11 "This Was One of the Toughest Days of my Life"	p. 56
Chapter 12 "I Think It's Time to Get Our War Started"	p. 60
Chapter 13 "I Don't Know of a Better Place to Die"	p. 65
Chapter 14 "Colonel, Aren't You Glad Waverly's on Our Side?"	p. 70
Chapter 15 "Van, Don't Kill Them All. Save a Few for Interrogation"	p. 74
Chapter 16 "Follow Me!"	p. 78
Chapter 17 "My God, Matt, Can't Anything Stop These Men?"	p. 82
Chapter 18 "Resourceful and Courageous in the Attack, Resolute in the Defense, They Fought Superbly"	p. 88
Chapter 19 "Put Us Down in Holland, Or Put Us Down in Hell, But Put Us Down All in one Place or I Will Hound you to Your Graves!"	p. 93
Chapter 20 "This Mighty Spectacle Deeply Impressed Me"	p. 99
Chapter 21 "Situation Well in Hand"	p. 104
Chapter 22 "We've Come a Long Way... Tell the Boys to Do a Good Job"	p. 110
Chapter 23 "The Nijmegen Bridge Must Be Taken Today; at the Latest, Tomorrow"	p. 116
Chapter 24 "A Day Unprecedented in the Division's Combat History"	p. 122
Chapter 25 "I've Never Seen a More Gallant Action"	p. 125
Chapter 26 "I'm Proud to Meet the Commander of the Finest Division in the World Today"	p. 128
Chapter 27 "I'm Sure Glad You Bastards Are Here"	p. 132
Chapter 28 "Let's Get the Sons of Bitches!"	p. 138
Chapter 29 "I'm the 82nd Airborne, and this is as Far as the Bastards are Going!"	p. 142
Chapter 30 "Sort out the Battlefield and Tidy Up the Lines"	p. 146
Chapter 31 "Well Colonel, the Old Guys Got it Today"	p. 152
Chapter 32 "Sir, They're All Dead"	p. 159
Chapter 33 "Surrender, Hell!"	p. 165
Chapter 34 "The Closest to Hell One Could Get Without Entering the Gates"	p. 174
Chapter 35 "Refugees from the Law of Averages"	p. 179
Chapter 36 "You Wonder What Happens to a Magnificent Division of Brave Men After the War"	p. 184
Index	p. 191

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