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Silver Eagle - The Official Biography of Band of Brothers Veteran Clancy Lyall

Autor Ronald Ooms
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 mar 2013
'SILVER EAGLE', the official biography of "Band of Brothers" veteran Clancy Lyall, written by his friend Ronald Ooms. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and seeing every young man leave town to join the army or the merchant marine, Clancy, who was only sixteen, didn't want to stay behind. He lied about his age and enlisted into the military. He became part of the 101st Airborne and saw action in Europe where he jumped into Normandy during D-Day. After a narrow escape from death he was reassigned to Easy Company 506, the famous 'Band of Brothers'. He saw action during Operation Market Garden, confronted the freezing temperatures and brutal barrage by the enemy during the Battle of the Bulge, witnessed the horrors of the concentration camps in Nazi Germany and became the first allied soldier to step into Hitler's 'Eagles Nest' in Berchtesgaden. At the end of World War II he re-enlisted and joined the 82nd Airborne where he was stationed near Frankfurt, Germany. He made two more combat jumps in Korea, doubling his total of combat stars on his jump wings. And with that becoming one of the few to ever achieve that feat. In Indochina he became an adviser for the 29th French Parachute Division. This is his story told by the man himself.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781782282648
ISBN-10: 1782282645
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Pneuma Springs Publishing

Notă biografică

Ronald Ooms is a 34 year-old Belgian author. He worked for almost a decade as a youth worker for numerous socio-cultural non-profit organizations. Since his childhood he has been interested in everything related to World War II thanks to the stories told by his grandparents. For more than a decade he travelled to historic places relating to the War whenever possible. Some years ago he became a qualified journalist and started to write for a local newspaper. His close friendship with Clancy Lyall over the years resulted into the writing of the book, Silver Eagle. He's also got a passion for motor-sports and hopes to write something about F1 Racing one day. Ronald is available for interviews, even abroad. Should the distance be too far or he can't make the trip, he would gladly do a telephone conference. He resides in the city of Geel in the north of Belgium.

Cuprins

Foreword by John R. N. Foley Preface by Ronald Ooms Dedication page 1 Early years: My time in Tahlequah, Oklahoma - Orange, Texas - Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania 2 Earning our wings 3 Jumping into the night - Normandy 4 Operation Market Garden - Holland 5 The Battle of the Bulge - Belgium 6 From Hagenau to Berchtesgaden - Germany & Austria 7 Home again and back to Germany 8 The Korean Conflict and my time in Indochina 9 Back home again and building a new life 10 Band of Brothers Epilogue by Peter van de Wal Afterword by William "Wild Bill" Guarnere Acknowledgements A Tribute by Ronald Ooms Final Words by Arthur E. Lyall, Tonia J. Gibson & David Abell Bibliography Index

Recenzii

"Clancy Lyall was a tough Texas farm boy who entered World War II as a 16-year-old paratrooper, fought, survived, and thrived alongside of a company of elite soldiers, then reenlisted and fought in both Korea and Vietnam. This is a powerful and warm-hearted story of an American hero, a must-read for any fan of the Band of Brothers." - Marcus Brotherton, author of We Who Are Alive & Remain Clancy Lyall was one of the Band of Brothers lesser-known, unsung, heroes. A veteran who transferred into Easy Company after being wounded in Normandy, he fought beside Dick Winters and the others through Holland, Belgium and on to Adolf Hitler's Eagle Nest on a Bavarian mountaintop. The book is like having an informal, one-on-one, chat with Lyall, filled with rich detail and little known facts of the man known as Silver Eagle. - Larry Alexander, bestselling author of "Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers" "Anyone interested in the fighting men behind 'Band of Brothers' will enjoy 'Silver Eagle.' This book highlights the end of an era as Clancy Lyall's personal story is told in his own words, which although occasionally naive, illustrate a time where values and conduct were second to none - absorb and enjoy." - Ian Gardner, Co-Author of 'Tonight We Die As Men' and author of 'Deliver Us From Darkness.'