Other Clay: A Remembrance of the World War II Infantry

Other Clay: A Remembrance of the World War II Infantry
ISBN-10
0803264429
ISBN-13
9780803264427
Category
History
Pages
180
Language
English
Published
2004-01-01
Publisher
U of Nebraska Press
Author
Charles R. Cawthon

Description

"On the beaches of Normandy, on June 6, 1944, the U.S. Army suffered its heaviest casualties since Gettysburg. The losses were greatest among the infantry companies that led the assault, and Cawthon describes firsthand the furious and deathly chaos of the daylong battle to get off the beach and up the heights. Reduced by casualties to half its preinvasion strength, Cawthon's regiment still managed to fight off German counterattacks in an all-out pursuit across France before the Germans counterattacked again at the Ardennes forest."--BOOK JACKET.

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