Title: Easy Company soldier
First published: 2008
Description: Sgt. Don Malarkey takes us not only into the battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who beat the odds to become an elite paratrooper, and lost his best friend during the nightmarish engagement at Bastogne. Drafted in 1942, Malarkey became one of the one-in-six soldiers who earned their Eagle wings. He went to England in 1943 to provide cover on the ground for the largest amphibious military attack in history: Operation Overlord. In the darkness of D-day morning, Malarkey parachuted into France and within days was awarded a Bronze Star for his heroism in battle. He fought for twenty-three days in Normandy, nearly eighty in Holland, thirty-nine in Bastogne, and nearly thirty more in and near Haugenau, France, and the Ruhr pocket in Germany. This is his epic story of how an adventurous kid from Oregon became a leader of men.--From publisher description.
Subjects: United States, United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th. Company E., Regimental histories, Campaigns, Personal narratives, American, American Personal narratives, World War, 1939-1945, Soldiers, United States. Army, Parachute troops, Biography, History, United states, army, regimental histories, World war, 1939-1945, regimental histories, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, western front, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, american, United states, army, biography, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Histoire des unités, Campagnes et batailles, Armed Forces, Military campaigns, Soldat, Weltkrieg, Westfront, USA 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, USA
Places: United States, Western Front
People: Don Malarkey (1921-)
LC classification: D769.348 506th .M35 2008