Robert Bowen found himself drafted into Company C, 401st Glider Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, as World War II broke out, and had his first experience of war as he stormed ashore on to the Normandy beaches. He was wounded during the Normandy campaign but went on to fight in Holland and the Ardennes before being captured v and mistreated v and finishing the war as a POW. Written shortly after the war, Bowen's narrative is immediate, direct and compelling. His account, one of the few by a member of a glider regiment, is a brutal insight into the battlefields of World War II and a vivid recreation of just what life was like in an elite unit. From the horror of D-Day and the despair of captivity, to the taste of C Rations and the fear of soldiers under fire, this memoir tells the full story of one man's total war.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Green Hill Books
ISBN-13
9781853675799
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88824769
Product Key Features
Author
Robert Bowen
Publication Name
Fighting with the Screaming Eagles: with the 101st Airborne from Normandy to Bastogne
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
155mm
Item Width
232mm
Item Weight
408g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Robert Bowen
Series Title
Greenhill Military Paperback S.
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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