The eighteen-year-old replacement
Subtitle: facing combat in Patton's Third Army
By: R. Richard Kingsbury.
Publisher: University of Missouri
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780826217813
Subjects: Kingsbury, R. Richard, -- 1926-; United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 94th; World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Personal narratives, American.; Biography.
Description: "The WWII story of a midwestern teen who was drafted six weeks after D-Day and sent to the Siegfried Line to fight in General George Patton's 94th Infantry Division. Kingsbury reveals what he endured both physically and emotionally - and tells how he went from boyhood to manhood almost overnight"--Provided by publisher.