Unless Victory Comes: Combat With a World War II Machine Gunner in Patton's Third Army - Couverture souple

Garrison, Gene; Gilbert, Patrick

 
9780451222244: Unless Victory Comes: Combat With a World War II Machine Gunner in Patton's Third Army
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0451222245 ISBN 13 : 9780451222244
Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 2007

Synopsis

A vivid, boots-on-the-ground memoir of World War II by an infantryman in General Patton’s army, from the Battle of the Bulge to Germany’s defeat

On December 19, 1944, Gene Garrison turned nineteen. He spent his birthday in a muddy foxhole, listening to the cries of wounded comrades while exploding artillery shells sent shrapnel raining down on him and the enemy prepared to attack. It was his first day in combat.

Unless Victory Comes recounts Garrison's journey as he was transformed from a fresh-faced kid from the farmlands of Ohio into a hardened soldier fighting for survival. From his baptism under fire, to the bitter fighting in the frozen Ardennes forest during Hitler’s last desperate push, to the end of the war on the Czechoslovakian border, Gene Garrison witnessed the war from the ground up. This is the story of one young man, far from home, surrounded by strangers, facing death yet never losing hope that he would live to see his family again.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

On December 19, 1944, Gene Garrison turned nineteen. He spent his birthday in a muddy foxhole, listening to the cries of wounded comrades while exploding artillery shells sent shrapnel raining down on him and the enemy prepared to attack. It was his first day in combat.

Unless Victory Comes recounts Garrison's journey as he was transformed from a fresh-faced kid from the farmlands of Ohio into a hardened soldier fighting for survival. From his baptism under fire, to the bitter fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, to the end of the war on the Czechoslovakian border, Gene Garrison witnessed the war from the ground up. This is the story of one young man, far from home, surrounded by strangers, facing death yet never losing hope that he would live to see his family again.

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Éditeur
Penguin Publishing Group
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0451222245
ISBN 13 
9780451222244
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
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Personne responsable
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