The Bedford Boys
Subtitle: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: May 11, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780306813559
Subjects: Battles & campaigns; European history: Second World War; Second World War, 1939-1945; Infantry; World War II; History; History - Military / War; Military; Europe; Military - United States; Military - Veterans; Military - World War II; Army; Campaigns; France; Infantry Regiment, 116th; Normandy; Operation Neptune; Regimental histories; United States; World War, 1939-1945
First sentence: JUNE 6, 1944, 12:30 A.M.: The British troopship, the Empire Javelin, steamed steadily across the English Channel.