Twenty-Five Yards of War
Subtitle: The Extraordinary Courage of Ordinary Men inWorld War II
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: November 28, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780786867837
Subjects: Military - World War II; History - Military / War; Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945; Military; United States; General; History / Military / World War II; Biography; Armed Forces; History
First sentence: Robert Bourgeois was born on September 28, 1917, in the small south Louisiana town of LeCompte, near Alexandria.
Description: "This work of history grew out of Drez's research during those ten years. The men in these pages represent all branches of the military and were sent out on impossible missions, where they witnessed triumphs and tragedies. Twenty-Five Yards of War is a tribute to all of the soldiers who fought in World War II, those who walked away with amazing stories to tell, and those who did not make it home."--BOOK JACKET.