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Turnbull, Peter

 
9781420871449: "I Maintain The Right": The 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion in WW II

Synopsis

Covering the time period from re-activation to occupation duty in Berlin at the end of WWII. The book tells the story of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion and what it achieved in WWII. Containing over seventy previously unpublished maps and photographs supplied by veterans and from the archives of the 82nd Airborne Division Museum at Fort Brage to complement the text.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Working in engineering and being a member of the Royal Engineers the author has spent approximately seven years researching the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion in his spare time. His research has taken him from the battlefields of Normandy, Holland and Belgium to the battalion's temporary home in the British midlands as well as the battalion's current home at Fort Brage in America and even the veterans' homes. The author's interest in the American Airborne has even led to his participation in commerative parachute jumps from a C-47 in France and Holland in WWII uniform and equipment at Combat Altitudes.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Covering the time period from re-activation to occupation duty in Berlin at the end of WWII. The book tells the story of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion and what it achieved in WWII. Containing over seventy previously unpublished maps and photographs supplied by veterans and from the archives of the 82nd Airborne Division Museum at Fort Brage to complement the text.

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