Crossing the Sauer
Subtitle: a memoir of World War II
By: Charles Reis Felix.
Publisher: Burford Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Springfield, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Felix, Charles Reis.; United States. Army -- Biography.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany.
Genres: Personal narratives, American.
Description: Presents a memoir of the author's time with an infantry unit during WWII, covering the personal immediacy of life in the U.S. army, danger on the front lines, and encounters with German civilians from 1944-1945.
Table of contents: title: Fontainebleau; title: Berseglaria; title: The Artillery Replacements; title: The First Week; title: Crossing the Sauer; title: Jelich; title: Nobody Gets Out; title: “Ich Spreche Deutsch ein Wenig”; title: The Assault Platoon; title: Whitewash; title: Jelich and the Roll; title: Footsteps; title: The Luger; title: A Dirty Trick; title: Major Pusey; title: The Rear; title: Captain Baker; title: The Priest Protecting the Furniture; title: Commanders; title: Folenius; title: Frankfurt; title: Finis