The last hill : the epic story of a ranger battalion and the battle that defined WWII
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250247162
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Physical Description:
xi, 398 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-383) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: A vast green cave -- PART I: THE RANGERS -- Commandos -- Darby's recruits -- Torch -- Heat and dust -- "Big Jim" Rudder -- A new beginning -- Sea change -- Swim and swat -- The cliffs -- PART II: THE BEACH -- "The most dangerous mission of D-Day" -- Gin blossoms -- Charon's craft -- Charnel ground -- Thermite -- "No reinforcements available" -- "All rangers down!" -- Graves registration -- PART III: THE FORTRESS -- Hurry up and wait -- The "fabulous four" -- Brittany -- Festung Brest -- The "fool lieutenant" -- Credentials -- PART IV: THE FOREST -- "End the war In '44" -- The green hell -- The queen's gambit -- The return of the "Fabulous Four" -- "How bad is it?" -- PART V: THE HILL -- Bergstein -- Rudderless -- The Sugarloaf -- "Let's go get the bastards!" -- The crest -- Fallschirmjägers -- A last stand -- Howls and whistles -- Trudging away. |
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Subject: | United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 2nd. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United States Hürtgen Forest, Battle of, Germany, 1944 |
Genre: | Biographies. |
Available copies
- 16 of 16 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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- 1 current hold with 16 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library | 940.54 CLAVIN (Text) | 50686016245974 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Harbaugh-Thomas Library (Biglerville) | 940.5421 CLAVIN (Text)
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VFW Post 15 Named Endowment, 2022
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Huntingdon County Library | NF 940.54 DRU (Text) | 30298100604465 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Joseph & Elizabeth Shaw Public Library | 940.5421 DRURY (Text)
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In memory of Levon Renaud presented by The Neighbors Mae, Beth, & Terry.
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