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Author: Gary Schreckengost Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781523743483 Category : Languages : en Pages : 418
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Of all the units that attacked up the Meuse-Argonne with General "Black Jack" Pershing's American First Army during W.W. I, only one, the 80th (Blue Ridge) Division, broke through all four of the strong German defensive lines, helping to bring ultimate victory. This is the historically accurate but fictional story of one of those Blue Ridge Boys: Automatic Rifleman Joe Riddle of Company B, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division. In this volume read not only what Joe and America's Blue Ridge Division did during the bone-crushing and war-ending Meuse-Argonne Offensive, but also HOW THEY DID IT, setting this book apart from other histories of the war.
Author: Gary Schreckengost Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781523743483 Category : Languages : en Pages : 418
Book Description
Of all the units that attacked up the Meuse-Argonne with General "Black Jack" Pershing's American First Army during W.W. I, only one, the 80th (Blue Ridge) Division, broke through all four of the strong German defensive lines, helping to bring ultimate victory. This is the historically accurate but fictional story of one of those Blue Ridge Boys: Automatic Rifleman Joe Riddle of Company B, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division. In this volume read not only what Joe and America's Blue Ridge Division did during the bone-crushing and war-ending Meuse-Argonne Offensive, but also HOW THEY DID IT, setting this book apart from other histories of the war.
Author: G. J. H. Schreckengost Publisher: ISBN: 9781522924746 Category : Languages : en Pages : 436
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This is the historically accurate story of a fictional 80th Blue Ridge Infantry Division soldier who fought in World War I: Automatic Rifleman Joe Riddle of Company B, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, A.E.F. In Vol 1. read what training was like for Joe and the division at Camp Lee, Virginia, and in Artois and Picardy, France, with the British. In Vol. 2, this volume, read not only what he and the 80th Division did during the war-ending and bone-crushing Meuse-Argonne offensive, but also HOW THEY DID IT, setting this book apart from other histories of the war.
Author: A.Z. Adkins Publisher: Casemate ISBN: 1612003117 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 289
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A young soldier’s memoirs of fighting in WWII: “Fascinating . . . A personal record like this is a valuable resource to anyone interested in the period”(Military Model Scene). After the Citadel and Officer Candidate School, Andrew Z. Adkins Jr., was sent to the 80th Infantry Division, then training in the California-Arizona desert. There, he was assigned as an 81mm mortar section leader in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 317th Infantry Regiment. When the division completed training in December 1943, it was shipped in stages to the United Kingdom and then Normandy, where it landed on August 3, 1944. Lieutenant Adkins and his fellow soldiers took part in light hedgerow fighting that served to shake the division down and familiarize the troops and their officers with combat. The first real test came within weeks, when the 2nd Battalion, 317th Infantry, attacked high ground near Argentan during the drive to seal German forces in the Falaise Pocket. While scouting for mortar positions in the woods, Adkins met a group of Germans and shot one of them dead with his carbine. This baptism in blood settled the question faced by every novice combatant: He was cool under fire, capable of killing when facing the enemy. He later wrote, “It was a sickening sight, but having been caught up in the heat of battle, I didn’t have a reaction other than feeling I had saved my own life.” Thereafter, the 2nd Battalion, 317th Infantry, took part in bloody battles across France, sometimes coping with inept leadership and grievous losses, even as it took hills and towns away from the Germans. In the fighting graphically portrayed here, Adkins acted with skill and courage, placing himself at the forefront of the action whenever he could. His extremely aggressive delivery of critical supplies to a cut-off unit in an embattled French town earned him a Bronze Star, the first in his battalion. This is a story of a young soldier at war, a junior officer’s coming of age amid pulse-pounding combat. Before his death, Andy Adkins was able to face his memory of war as bravely as he faced war itself. He put it on paper, honest and unflinching. In 1944-45, he did his duty to his men and country—and here, he serves new generations of military and civilian readers.
Author: Robert Murrell Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781530563791 Category : Languages : en Pages : 276
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The complete Operational History of the 80th Infantry Division during WWII; covers from the Division's forming in July 1942 in Camp Forrest, TN through the end of the war in May 1945. Includes maps and casualty figures
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : World War, 1914-1918 Languages : en Pages : 492
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A seventeen-volume compilation of selected AEF records gathered by Army historians during the interwar years. This collection in no way represents an exhaustive record of the Army's months in France, but it is certainly worthy of serious consideration and thoughtful review by students of military history and strategy and will serve as a useful jumping off point for any earnest scholarship on the war. --from Foreword by William A Stofft.
Author: Fred L. Walker Publisher: Savas Publishing ISBN: 1940669480 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 457
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This remarkable and very rare memoir discusses the bloody combat history of the Texas National Guard 36th Infantry Division in World War II, from pre-embarkation training through the capture of Rome. The perspective, as seen through the eyes of its author, General Fred Walker, is refreshing for its refusal to rely upon hindsight and revisionist history. Walker led a division longer than any other American officer during World War II. The 36th earned a formidable reputation—and paid a high price for that distinction. Only five divisions in the entire U.S. Army suffered more casualties than the 36th during the course of the war. Some of the division’s fighting included the hard battles of Salerno and Monte Cassino. The 36th was assigned an assault river crossing at the Rapido to outflank the Cassino position and although several companies made it to the far bank, their tank support failed to cross the river. A German panzer grenadier counterattack pushed the infantry of the 36th back across the river with heavy losses. General Mark Clark, the 5th Army Commander, in what appeared to be an effort to scapegoat, relieved several key 36th division officers, although General Walker was retained as its commanding general. After the allies captured Rome, Walker was reassigned to command the Infantry School at Fort Benning. Includes a special guest Preface by Jeffrey W. Hunt, Director of the Texas Military Forces Museum, illustrations, photographs, maps. 504 pages.
Author: Gary Schreckengost
Author: Gary Schreckengost
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Author: United States. Army. 80th Division
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