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Parachute Infantry

An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich

An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich

An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich

By David Webster
Introduction by Stephen E. Ambrose

By David Webster
Introduction by Stephen E. Ambrose

By David Webster

By David Webster

By David Webster

By David Webster

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Oct 29, 2002 | ISBN 9780385336499

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Feb 26, 2008 | ISBN 9780440240907

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Oct 12, 2011 | ISBN 9780307806192

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    About Parachute Infantry

    David Kenyon Webster’s memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a first hand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel. From the beaches of Normandy to the blood-dimmed battlefields of Holland, here are acts of courage and cowardice, moments of irritating boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror, and pitched urban warfare. Offering a remarkable snapshot of what it was like to enter Germany in the last days of World War II, Webster presents a vivid, varied cast of young paratroopers from all walks of life, and unforgettable glimpses of enemy soldiers and hapless civilians caught up in the melee. Parachute Infantry is at once harsh and moving, boisterous and tragic, and stands today as an unsurpassed chronicle of war—how men fight it, survive it, and remember it.

    About Parachute Infantry

    David Kenyon Webster’s memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a first hand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel. From the beaches of Normandy to the blood-dimmed battlefields of Holland, here are acts of courage and cowardice, moments of irritating boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror, and pitched urban warfare. Offering a remarkable snapshot of what it was like to enter Germany in the last days of World War II, Webster presents a vivid, varied cast of young paratroopers from all walks of life, and unforgettable glimpses of enemy soldiers and hapless civilians caught up in the melee. Parachute Infantry is at once harsh and moving, boisterous and tragic, and stands today as an unsurpassed chronicle of war—how men fight it, survive it, and remember it.

    About Parachute Infantry

    David Kenyon Webster’s memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a first hand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel.

    From the beaches of Normandy to the blood-dimmed battlefields of Holland, here are acts of courage and cowardice, moments of irritating boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror, and pitched urban warfare. Offering a remarkable snapshot of what it was like to enter Germany in the last days of World War II, Webster presents a vivid, varied cast of young paratroopers from all walks of life, and unforgettable glimpses of enemy soldiers and hapless civilians caught up in the melee. Parachute Infantry is at once harsh and moving, boisterous and tragic, and stands today as an unsurpassed chronicle of war—how men fight it, survive it, and remember it.

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    About David Webster

    David Kenyon Webster worked as a reporter and writer after the war. The Saturday Evening Post published a portion of his memoir, but book publishers rejected his manuscript, seeking sensationalized novels of the war rather than authentic memoirs. He died… More about David Webster

    About David Webster

    David Kenyon Webster worked as a reporter and writer after the war. The Saturday Evening Post published a portion of his memoir, but book publishers rejected his manuscript, seeking sensationalized novels of the war rather than authentic memoirs. He died… More about David Webster

    About David Webster

    David Kenyon Webster worked as a reporter and writer after the war. The Saturday Evening Post published a portion of his memoir, but book publishers rejected his manuscript, seeking sensationalized novels of the war rather than authentic memoirs. He died… More about David Webster

    Product Details

    Category: World War II Military History | Biography & Memoir

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Delta
    Oct 29, 2002 | 416 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780385336499

    Category: World War II Military History | Biography & Memoir

    Mass Market Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Dell
    Feb 26, 2008 | 480 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780440240907

    Category: World War II Military History | Biography & Memoir

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Dell
    Oct 12, 2011 | 464 Pages | ISBN 9780307806192

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    Praise

    "Webster left this gutsy, sometimes bemused and sometimes angry memoir behind…. It bites and hangs on."—The New York Times"Beautifully written… perfectly evokes life and battle in a parachute infantry company."—The Washington Post Book World

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