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1 online resource (xviii, 251 pages) : illustrations |
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In the beginning there was basic training -- Ninety-day wonder -- Innocent abroad -- Mt. Porchia: the legacy of a battle -- Cassino, January 1944 -- Anzio: the German counterattack, February 1944 -- Anzio: stalemate, March-April 1944 -- Anzio: breakout and holiday -- Pontedera: close encounters of a dangerous kind -- Bombiana and Porretta Terme -- Winter 1945 -- Holding the high ground -- The last offensive: eight days in the mountains -- The last offensive: twelve days in the valley -- That Italian spring, May-June 1945 -- The end of everything |
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"This 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 OCS 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 Februrary 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."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Wells, Lloyd M. (Lloyd Manning), 1919-2000.
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Wells, Lloyd M. (Lloyd Manning), 1919-2000
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Wells, Lloyd M. (Lloyd Manning), 1919-2000 fast |
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United States. Army. Armored Infantry Regiment, 6th.
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United States. Army. Armored Infantry Regiment, 6th fast |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Military campaigns
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Regimental histories
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Soldiers
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Soldat
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Weltkrieg 1939-1945
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Italy
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United States
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Europa
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USA
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Personal narratives
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Personal narratives
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Autobiographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Récits personnels.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0826215378 |
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9780826215376 |
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0826262430 |
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9780826262431 |
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