Title: Green light! : a troop carrier squadron's war from Normandy to the Rhine /
Authors: Wolfe, Martin.; Center for Air Force History (U.S.)
Publisher: Center for Air Force History : [Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor],
Year: 1993
Subjects: Wolfe, Martin.; United States. History.; World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United States.; World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American.; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American.; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Western Front.
Abstract: In World War II, the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron dropped paratroopers onto the battlefield, often in the face of heavy fire. This book relates the exploits of the 81st,which mirrored the combat experience of World War II troop carrier units.
Contents: Preface -- Maps -- 1. Starting up: how to put a squadron together -- Where we call came from -- "What's your MOS?" -- It was not a summer camp -- Training crews -- 2. Getting blooded: airborne operations before our time -- Airborne combat begins -- The Germans conquer Crete -- Warming up -- Troop carrier's baptism of fire: North Africa, Sicily, Italy -- 3. Traveling: on the road to our war -- The trip -- "It's rough in the ETO!" -- 4. Getting with it: training and tourism in the ETO -- Training in England -- Tourists -- Getting to know them -- 5. Assaulting: to Normandy and back -- D-Day: a day of revelations -- Securing the base -- "This is it!" -- 6. Reinforcing: our Normandy glider mission -- Pre-dawn glider missions -- Operation ELMIRA -- Over LZ "W" - and on it -- 7. Evaluating: second thoughts about Operation NEPTUNE -- NEPTUNE worked -- Troop carrier and NEPTUNE -- Judging the 81st troop carrier squadron's role -- The airborne troopers' view -- Judging ourselves --^