num_pages: 224
description: This is a rollicking story of a peaceful guy born on a Montana ranch, a philosophy student by day and a bank clerk by night who, fearing beachheads, joined the Navy to be a blimp pilot. But the Navy ignored the fact that he had no aptitude for leadership, made him an assault boat officer, and put him in all the action. Hilarious and sometimes tragic is this memoir of Ensign Wright and his rambunctious crewmen in the D-Days of Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Normandy, the Bulge Battle, and the Rhine Expedition. Here's the eye watering detail of hauling heroes to battle on America's secret landing craft--LCVPs, LCMs, LSTs, LCwhatever. He survived hundreds of bombs, shells, angry seas and crazy skippers, even General Patton. Sydney Earl Wright believed that if you are gonna die tomorrow have fun and raise hell today. And he did just that. This is the story of unlikely guys like him trying to win World War II. He got eight battle stars, the Purple Heart, a couple commendations, and a thousand memories. After the war, he became a pioneer computer scientist. Now 85, he is healthy and living in California.
language: English
title: The D-Days Of Europe
titlecomplete: The D-Days Of Europe
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Xlibris Corp