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Easy Company soldier, the legendary battles of a sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers", Don Malarkey and Bob Welch

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Easy Company soldier

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Don Malarkey and Bob Welch

the legendary battles of a sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers"

Sgt. Don Malarkey takes us not only into the battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who beat the odds to become an elite paratrooper, and lost his best friend during the nightmarish engagement at Bastogne. Drafted in 1942, Malarkey became one of the one-in-six soldiers who earned their Eagle wings. He went to England in 1943 to provide cover on the ground for the largest amphibious military attack in history: Operation Overlord. In the darkness of D-day morning, Malarkey parachuted into France and within days was awarded a Bronze Star for his heroism in battle. He fought for twenty-three days in Normandy, nearly eighty in Holland, thirty-nine in Bastogne, and nearly thirty more in and near Haugenau, France, and the Ruhr pocket in Germany. This is his epic story of how an adventurous kid from Oregon became a leader of men.--From publisher description

The choice -- Bomba the jungle boy -- "Mom, don't worry, I'll be back" -- Toccoa, Sobel, and survival -- Skip Muck and the march to Atlanta -- Prelude to the great crusade -- Jumping into the darkness -- Beauty and the beast -- Unclaimed laundry -- "Beyond this place of wrath and tears" -- The knock on the door -- "What's a guy gotta do to die?" -- Burying it deep within -- Letters from two women -- Dreaming of wild blackberries -- The war that never ends