Green light!
Subtitle: a troop carrier squadron's war from Normandy to the Rhine
By: Martin Wolfe.
Contributors: Center for Air Force History (U.S.)
Publisher: Center for Air Force History
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
Subjects: Wolfe, Martin.; United States. Army Air Forces. Troop Carrier Squadron, 81st -- 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.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [473]-476) and index.
New ed. of: Green light! : men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron tell their story. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1989.