Beachhead Don
Subtitle: Reporting The War From the European Theater, 1942-1945
Contributors: John Romeiser (Editor)
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: October 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780823224128
Subjects: Biography: general; European history: Second World War; Press & journalism; Second World War, 1939-1945; Military - United States; History; History - U.S.; World War, 1939-1945; Military; Europe; USA; Military - World War II; Europe - General; United States - 20th Century/WWII; Campaigns; Western Front
First sentence: JOURNALIST Don Whitehead hit the hostile shores of Sicily, Italy, and Normandy with U.S. invasion forces during World War II, yet his writings are little known.
Description: "Beachhead Don brings together the best work by one of the greatest of all American war correspondents, Donald Ford Whitehead. Whitehead was the Associated Press's man in Europe - covering men in battle from the deserts of North Africa and hilltops of Italy to the beaches of Normandy and the final deadly slog across the Rhine to Berlin. Now in a book for the first time, these dispatches from the front are masterpieces of storytelling. These words brought Americans face to face with the daily horrors - and the triumphs - of the war in Europe." "This book is a long-overdue celebration of Whitehead's craft and a unique look at history on the ground and at sea. "Beachhead Don"'s unforgettable stories of battles fought and men in combat are enduring classics of American journalism and an extraordinary record of a world at war."--BOOK JACKET.