On D-Day, Dick Winters took off with 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and prepared to parachute into German-held north France. Ground troops landing on Utah beach were relying on Easy Company to secure one of the causeways that were vital if the troops were to get off the beaches and reach the solid ground of Normandy. The plane carrying many of the commanding officers was shot down, leaving Dick Winters suddenly in command of his company. But during the drop he, and many of his men, had been separated from his equipment and was unarmed except for a trench knife.
In this remarkable World War 2 memoir, Dick Winters tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose in his 1992 epic
Product details
Publisher : Ebury Press; 1st edition (21 July 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 009194158X
ISBN-13 : 978-0091941581
Dimensions : 12.6 x 2.1 x 19.7 cm
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