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Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich (Dell War Series)

by David Kenyo Webster

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ISBN13: 9780440240907
ISBN10: 0440240905
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David Kenyon Websters memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a first hand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel. From the beaches of Normandy to the blood-dimmed battlefields of Holland, here are acts of courage and cowardice, moments of irritating boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror, and pitched urban warfare. Offering a remarkable snapshot of what it was like to enter Germany in the last days of World War II, Webster presents a vivid, varied cast of young paratroopers from all walks of life, and unforgettable glimpses of enemy soldiers and hapless civilians caught up in the melee. Parachute Infantry is at once harsh and moving, boisterous and tragic, and stands today as an unsurpassed chronicle of war—how men fight it, survive it, and remember it.

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Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a first hand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel.
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David Kenyon Webster worked as a reporter and writer after the war. The Saturday Evening Post published a portion of his memoir, but book publishers rejected his manuscript, seeking sensationalized novels of the war rather than authentic memoirs. He died in 1961 in a boating accident while shark fishing.

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foxes, December 1, 2007 (view all comments by foxes)
I own this book because I am a really huge fan of Easy Company. They are brave men and David Webster does a great job telling about them. When you read this book, you will know a lot about the men who made Easy Company and you feel like you are right there in action with them. It takes your breath away reading this great book.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780440240907
Author:
Webster, David Kenyo
Publisher:
Dell Publishing Company
Author:
Webster, David
Author:
Webster, David Kenyon
Subject:
Military - World War II
Subject:
Military
Subject:
Military - United States
Subject:
Biography-Military
Copyright:
2008
Edition Description:
Mass market paperback
Series:
Dell War Series
Publication Date:
20080231
Binding:
MASS MARKET
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
464
Dimensions:
6.84x4.30x1.02 in. .49 lbs.
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