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092 _a940.5421
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aYockelson, Mitchell A.,
_d1962-
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Paratrooper Generals :
_bMatthew Ridgway, Maxwell Taylor, and the American Airborne from D-Day through Normandy /
_cMitchell Yockelson.
263 _a2005
264 1 _aGuilford, Connecticut :
_bStackpole Books,
_c[2020]
300 _axx, 283 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aGeneral Lee's Airborne -- Matthew Bunker Ridgway -- Maxwell Davenport Taylor -- War -- The Birth Of American Airborne Divisions -- "Become A Paratrooper!" -- James Gavin -- Sicily and Italy: A Dress Rehearsal For Normandy -- Eisenhower -- Planning for Neptune -- The American Airborne in England -- C-47s -- Gliders -- : Eisenhower's Parachuting Correspondents -- Brereton's Ninth Air Force -- The Unbearable Burden of Conscience -- A Rendevouz with Destiny -- Pathfinders -- Readying the Skytrains -- The Paratrooper Generals Make Final Preparations -- Delay -- The Paratrooper Generals Take Off -- Scattered in Streams and Cow Pastures -- The All Americans on D-Day -- The Screaming Eagles on D-Day -- Airborne Angels of Mercy -- The End of a Very Long Day -- Crossing the La Fière Causeway -- Seizing The Carentan Causeway -- Carentan -- Ridgway's Final Attacks -- Conclusion.
520 _a"Jumping into Normandy during the early hours of D-Day, Matthew Ridgway and Maxwell Taylor fought on the ground for six weeks of combat that cost the airborne divisions more than 40 percent casualties. This is the first book to explore in depth the significant role these two division commanders played on D-Day."--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aRidgway, Matthew B.
_q(Matthew Bunker),
_d1895-1993
_xMilitary leadership.
_9228086
600 1 0 _aTaylor, Maxwell D.
_q(Maxwell Davenport),
_d1901-1987
_xMilitary leadership.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy
_xAirborne troops
_xHistory.
_927877
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
_bAirborne Division, 82nd.
_9298083
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
_bAirborne Division, 101st.
_954544
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xCampaigns
_zFrance
_zNormandy.
_926227
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy
_vBiography.
_945639
650 0 _aGenerals
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_99045
994 _aC0
_bNFG
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