The GI's war
Subtitle: American soldiers in Europe during World War II
By: Edwin P. Hoyt.
Edition: 1st Cooper Square Press ed.
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 620
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front; Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Based on oral testimony from field soldiers, The GI's War covers developments in Europe and North Africa from the summer of 1940 to V-E Day in 1945. These are eyewitness accounts from ordinary young men in extraordinary circumstances, farm hands and factory workers who had war thrust upon them and in the process became veteran soldiers. Their unsparing narratives, presented in their own words, capture the many emotions evoked by war - confusion, monotony, terror, and glory.

GIs and their commanding officers speak freely, and movingly, of becoming soldiers, of enduring the ordeals of the various campaigns, and of fighting for their lives and their country. Vividly personal and universally compelling, their accounts of the friendships, rivalries, atrocities, and triumphs forged in war give new meaning to bravery and sacrifice."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 591-602) and indexes.
Originally published: New York : Da Capo Press, 1988.