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Down to Earth
Martin K. A. Morgan
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Description for Down to Earth
Num Pages: 304 pages, over 450 b/w and color photos, maps. BIC Classification: WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 221 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1748.
In the early morning hours of D-Day, 2,004 paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment jumped into Normandy as a part of the famous 82nd Airborne Division. After a widely scattered drop, the regiment then struggled in the marshes and hedgerows of the Cotentin Peninsula in battles at places with names like Chef-du-Pont, Cauquigny, La Fière and Graignes. During the regiment’s time in Normandy, the hardships were many and the casualties were high. Out of the 2,004 men that jumped on June 6th, only 700 returned to England thirty-five days later. Down To Earth tells the story of those thirty-five ... Read more
In the early morning hours of D-Day, 2,004 paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment jumped into Normandy as a part of the famous 82nd Airborne Division. After a widely scattered drop, the regiment then struggled in the marshes and hedgerows of the Cotentin Peninsula in battles at places with names like Chef-du-Pont, Cauquigny, La Fière and Graignes. During the regiment’s time in Normandy, the hardships were many and the casualties were high. Out of the 2,004 men that jumped on June 6th, only 700 returned to England thirty-five days later. Down To Earth tells the story of those thirty-five ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764320118
SKU
V9780764320118
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About Martin K. A. Morgan
Martin K. A. Morgan is an author and noted military historian. A graduate of the University of Alabama, he is a regular contributor to the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, and the National Geographic Channel, as well as to publications including World War II Quarterly, the American Rifleman, and World War II History. Morgan works at the National World War ... Read more
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