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Title: The Making of a Paratrooper Condition: New Subtitle: Airborne Training and Combat in World War II Author: Kurt Gabel Contributor: William C. Mitchell (Edited by), Theodore A. Wilson (Foreword by) Format: Paperback EAN: 9780700621378 ISBN: 9780700621378 Publisher: University Press of Kansas Genre: Biography Topic: History, Military History, Law & Politics Release Date: 07/08/2015 Description: The memoir of paratrooper Kurt Gabel—a German Jew who emigrated to the US in 1938, joined the 513th Regiment of the 17th Airborne Division, and fought against his former countrymen in the Battle of the Bulge.
Gabel conveys with rare immediacy anin-depth look at the training of a paratrooper, the dangers of combat, and his transformation from romantic idealist to warrior. He vividly recounts the fire fights and such episodes as narrow escapes, separation from his battalion and his rescue by another, and the interrogation of prisoners. He tells the full story of his desperate hours on “Dead Man’s Ridge” near Bastogne. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Item Weight: 420g Book Series: Modern War Studies Release Year: 2015
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