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Infantry Soldier
Holding the Line at the Battle of the Bulge
George W. Neill served with a rifle platoon in the 99th Infantry Division. Now a seasoned journalist, he takes the reader into the foxholes to reveal how combat infantrymen lived and survived, what they thought, and how they fought.
Beginning with basic training in Texas and Oklahoma, Neill moves to the front lines in Belgium and Germany. There he focuses on the role of his division in the Battle of the Bulge. The 99th, "green" recruits bolstered by veterans of the 2nd Division, held the northern line of the bulge, preventing a German breakthrough and undermining their strategy. Using his wartime letters, his research in the United States and Europe, and hundreds of interviews, Neill chronicles his and his friends' experiences -- acts of horror and heroism on the front line.
Neill, George W.
United States. Army. Division, 99th -- History.
Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWII Campaigns Nei | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |