04071nam 2200625 450 991081951060332120230721043128.01-5040-2184-3(CKB)3710000000588423(EBL)4338036(SSID)ssj0001625527(PQKBManifestationID)16362442(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001625527(PQKBWorkID)14930961(PQKB)11335644(MiAaPQ)EBC4338036(Au-PeEL)EBL4338036(CaPaEBR)ebr11154744(CaONFJC)MIL895928(OCoLC)938003425(EXLCZ)99371000000058842320160612h20072007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDescending from the clouds a memoir of combat in the 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division /Spencer F. Wurst and Gayle Wurst[New York, New York] :Casemate Publishing,2007.New York, New York :Open Road Distribution,2016.©20071 online resource (225 p.)Includes index.Cover Page; Praise for Descending from the Clouds; Title Page; Epigraph; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Enlistment and Premobilization Training, 112th Infantry, Pennsylvania Army National Guard; Chapter 2: Mobilization, Basic, and Small Unit Training; Chapter 3: Company, Battalion, Regimental, and First Army Maneuvers, 1941; Chapter 4: Units in Turmoil: Pearl Harbor, Southern Training Camps, and War-time Expansion; Chapter 5: From the 112th Infantry to Parachute School, Fort Benning; Chapter 6: First Assignment: 507 Parachute Infantry RegimentChapter 7: Second Assignment: Cadre, 513 Parachute Infantry Regiment Volunteering for Overseas Duty; Chapter 8: French Morocco: Fifth Army Mines and Demolition School; Chapter 9: Permanent Assignment: Company F, 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment; the Move to Sicily; Chapter 10: First Combat Jump: Salerno, Italy 73; Chapter 11: Baptism by Fire: The Battle of Arnone 83; Chapter 12: A City Torn by War: Duty and Bombings in Naples; Chapter 13: Cookstown and Belfast, Northern Ireland; Chapter 14: Camp Quorn, England 105; Chapter 15: D-Day, Normandy: Preparations for the Big JumpChapter 16: D-Day Jump: The Defense of Ste. Mère-EgliseChapter 17: Patrols and Hedgerow Battles: From Neuville-au-Plain and Le Ham to St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte; Chapter 18: Long Days in Normandy: The Battle of St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte, the Bois de Limors, and Hill 131; Chapter 19: As Close to Home as it Gets: Return to Camp Quorn; Chapter 20: Market-Garden: The Combat Jump at Groesbeek and Entry into Nijmegen; Chapter 21: Nijmegen: The Battle for Hunner Park and Control of the South End of the Highway Bridge; Chapter 22: Aftermath: Hunner Park and Bridge SecurityChapter 23: Defensive Operations: Road Blocks, Dikes, and the End of the Holland MissionChapter 24: The Ardennes Campaign: From Camp Suippes, France, to Trois Ponts, Belgium; Chapter 25: From the Battle of the Bulge to the Hurtgen Forest, Germany; Chapter 26: The End in Sight: Through the Siegfried Line to the Roer River; Epilogue: Homeward Bound; Image Gallery; Notes; Index; Acknowledgments; Copyright PageWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsWestern FrontWorld War, 1939-1945Personal narratives, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945Regimental historiesUnited StatesSoldiersUnited StatesBiographyWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Regimental historiesSoldiers940.548173Wurst Spencer F(Spencer Free),1661150Wurst GayleMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819510603321Descending from the clouds4016905UNINA