Strike and Hold : A Memoir of the 82d Airborne in World War II

Strike and Hold : A Memoir of the 82d Airborne in World War II

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Book Description
This fast-moving memoir of T. Moffatt Burriss shows his extraordinary role as a platoon leader and company commander with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Europe and North Africa during World War II. He saw a great deal of combat on Sicily, at Salerno, on Anzio Beach, in Holland during Operation Market Garden, and during the drive into Germany. This book portrays World War II as seen vividly through the eyes of the young American citizen-soldier.

About the Author
T. Moffatt Burriss is a former South Carolina State legislator. He lives near Columbia, South Carolina.

Strike and Hold : A Memoir of the 82d Airborne in World War II,T. Moffatt Burriss,Potomac Books,1574883488,General,History,History - Military / War,History: American,Military - General,Air forces & warfare,Biography: historical,Europe,European history: Second World War,Special & elite forces,USA

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