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Autore |
Egger Bruce E. <1923-> |
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Titolo |
G Company's war [[electronic resource] ] : two personal accounts of the campaigns in Europe, 1944-1945 / / Bruce E. Egger & Lee MacMillan Otts; edited and with commentary by Paul Roley |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1992 |
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ISBN |
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0-8173-8089-2 |
0-585-27320-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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OttsLee MacMillan <1922-> |
RoleyPaul <1927-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Front |
World War, 1939-1945 |
Soldiers - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-286) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue; 1. First Blood; 2. The Mud of Lorraine; 3. Transition: From Lorraine to Metz; 4. Into the Bulge; 5. Victory in the Ardennes; 6. The Saarlautern Interlude; 7. The Drive to the Rhine; 8. The Race across Germany; Epilogue; Appendix I: The Reckoning; Appendix II: Roll Call; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This unique account of combat in World War II provides parallel day-to-day records of the same events as seen by two men in the same company, one an enlisted man, one an officer. G Company's War is the story of a World War II rifle company in Patton's Third Army as detailed in the journals of S/Sgt. Bruce Egger and Lt. Lee M. Otts, both of G Company, 328th Regiment, 26th infantry Division. Bruce Egger arrived in France in October 1944, and Lee Otts arrived in November. Both fought for G Company through the remainder of the war. Otts was wounded seriously |
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