Volume II - Infantry Divisions in Europe, 348 pages of U.S. Army history featuring wartime accounts of U.S. Army Divisions in Europe during WWII. Compiled from war correspondence stories of the... More > "Stars and Stripes" and those taken directly from the soldiers involved. This gathering of many unit histories under one cover is a significant contribution to the history of the U.S. Army during World War II. Other volumes feature U.S. Armored Divisions and more Infantry Divisions. This volume contains the unit histories of the following infantry divisions: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th, 29th, 35th, 36th, 45th, 66th 70th, 75th, and the 78th division.< Less
Volume II - Infantry Divisions, 348 pages of U.S. Army history featuring wartime accounts of U.S. Army Divisions in Europe during WWII. Compiled from war correspondence stories of the "Stars and... More > Stripes" and those taken directly from the soldiers involved. This gathering of many unit histories under one cover is a significant contribution to the history of the U.S. Army during World War II. Other volumes feature U.S. Armored Divisions and more Infantry Divisions. This volume contains the unit histories of the following infantry divisions: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th, 29th, 35th, 36th, 45th, 66th 70th, 75th, and the 78th division.< Less
Report prepared in March 1945 for General Dwight D. Eisenhower at his request after he had seen accounts attributed to armored forces GIs who considered American tanks inferior to those of the... More > Germans. Also included are comparisons of half-tracks, light tanks, trucks, guns, bazookas, clothing, etc. The resulting report includes General Isaac D. White’s own opinions, plus those of over 150 officers and men of the U.S. 2nd Armored Division of which Gen. White was the Commanding General at the time. 101 photos, 2 drawings, 1 table.< Less
On August 1, 1990, Iraq shocked the world with an unprecedented attack by sending thirty thousand soldiers and two hundred and seventy-five tanks into Kuwait. In a single stroke, Iraq was in a... More > position to influence nearly half of the world’s oil supply. What later became know as Operation Desert Shield and Storm ultimately turn out to be the greatest one sided military victory of all time.
This is the story of Captain Joseph “Quarry” Samuels and the Marines of Scout Platoon, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2ndMarine Division. Long before the two divisions of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Forces ever launch into the offensive later known as the “Hundred Hour War”, Quarry and the Scouts must face numerous encounters with the 108th Iraqi Armored Division and get information back to friendly forces that will help plan the liberation of Kuwait.< Less
On August 1, 1990, Iraq shocked the world with an unprecedented attack by sending thirty thousand soldiers and two hundred and seventy-five tanks into Kuwait. In a single stroke, Iraq was in a... More > position to influence nearly half of the world’s oil supply. What later became know as Operation Desert Shield and Storm ultimately turn out to be the greatest one sided military victory of all time.
This is the story of Captain Joseph “Quarry” Samuels and the Marines of Scout Platoon, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2ndMarine Division. Long before the two divisions of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Forces ever launch into the offensive later known as the “Hundred Hour War”, Quarry and the Scouts must face numerous encounters with the 108th Iraqi Armored Division and get information back to friendly forces that will help plan the liberation of Kuwait.< Less
Georgia Boys is a tale of a 14-year old boy whose only means of providing for his family during the Great Depression is join the Army prior to World War II. The tale traces the main... More > character’s (Austin Webster) life through a family tragedy, the Great Depression, and the events which compelled him to join the Army in 1940. Weaving drama, mystery, humor, and even a touch of romance, the story continues into basic training and follows the steps of the 2nd Armored Division through North Africa, Sicily, England, France, Belgium, and Germany. Particular attention is given to the time Austin spent as a prisoner of war and his efforts to rejoin his unit after escaping from a brutal POW camp. The Afterword also gives a revealing explanation as to how fictional and factual events were woven together.< Less
Georgia Boys is the tale of a 14-year old boy whose only means of providing for his family during the Great Depression is join the Army just prior to World War II. The tale traces the main... More > character’s (Austin Webster) life through a family tragedy, the Great Depression, and the events which compelled him to join the Army in 1940. Weaving drama, mystery, humor, and even a touch of romance, the story continues into basic training and follows the steps of the 2nd Armored Division through North Africa, Sicily, England, France, Belgium, and Germany. Particular attention is given to the time Austin spent as a prisoner of war and his efforts to rejoin his unit after escaping from a brutal POW camp. A climatic ending gives closure in an unexpected fashion. The Afterword also gives a revealing explanation as to how fictional and factual events were woven together.< Less
