From Anzio to the Alps: An American Soldier's Story
Autor Lloyd M. Wellsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 dec 2019 – vârsta ani
This compelling work is Lloyd M. Wells’s firsthand account of World War II based on a journal he kept during the war, letters he sent home, and personal records, as well as recollections of people and events.
In June 1941, the twenty-one-year-old Wells was drafted into the army. He was commissioned second lieutenant after he attended O.C.S. and was later promoted to first lieutenant with the First Armored Division. He saw action in North Africa, Italy, and Germany and was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, the Purple Heart, and the Bronze Star.
Wells offers the reader information that has never before been provided. He tells exactly what happened to 2/7 Queens on the night of February 21, 1944, when the troops came up to “the caves” at Anzio. He also depicts what happened during the last offensive in Italy and what armored infantry troops experienced on the perimeter of the attack. This book, however, is not just a story of battle actions. It is a personal story about the “old Army” and how young soldiers were transformed by it during one of the greatest upheavals in world history.
Wells’s goal in writing this book was to leave behind “an account of a simpler time and of the funny, sad, terrorizing, and tender moments of a war which, with the death of each man or woman who lived through it, recedes just a little bit further into the nation’s past.” He accomplished that and so much more.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780826222060
ISBN-10: 0826222064
Pagini: 276
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Missouri Press
Colecția University of Missouri
ISBN-10: 0826222064
Pagini: 276
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Missouri Press
Colecția University of Missouri
Recenzii
"Beyond question this is one of the best written, most hauntingly eloquent books I've read in years. It is beautifully done."--Robert H. Ferrell
Some of the good guys were pinned down, but one of our squad leaders standing behind a tree, his M1 cradled against his side, acted with deadly coolness. He fired once, rocked back, and fired again. The first two Germans out of the door lay dead at the bottom of the steps. The other two, wounded as they crossed the yard, managed to get out into the river. Their comrades came out to get them under a Red Cross flag. We respected the Red Cross this time as we usually did unless we thought it was being abused. There was no question their men needed help, and I don't think anyone on our side really wanted to kill them. I didn't. For some reason, I was glad to see them get away.
Notă biografică
Lloyd M. Wells (1919–2000) was Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Missouri–Columbia. He was the coauthor of The Supreme Court and Public Opinion.