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

Webster, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0385336497 ISBN 13: 9780385336499

Casa editrice: Delta, 2002

In a fascinating memoir of life as a paratrooper during World War II, the author describes his career with the 101st Airborne Division, drawing on the letters he sent home during the war and personal reminiscences to offer vivid portraits of his fellow soldiers and the harsh realities and tragedies of war. Reprint.

Recensione:

"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

L'autore:

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 in 1961 in a boating accident while shark fishing.