Descending from the Clouds : a Memoir of Combat in the 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division

Descending from the Clouds : a Memoir of Combat in the 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division / Wurst, Spencer F.

Wearing the remnants of a WWI uniform and pulling a water-cooled 30-caliber machine-gun, Spencer Wurst marched through his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1940 as a member of the National Guard. He was 15 years old. Five years later he was a hardened platoon sergeant leading his troopers through...

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Main Author: Wurst, Spencer F.
Other Authors: Wurst, Gayle
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Open Road Distribution, 2016.
Subjects:
Wurst, Spencer F. > (Spencer Free)
United States. > Army. > Parachute Infantry Regiment, 505th.
United States. > Army > Parachute troops > Biography.
United States. > Army
United States. > Army. > Parachute Infantry Regiment, 505th
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Armed Forces > Parachute troops
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
Soldiers
United States
Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
Biographies
Personal narratives > American
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