Robert Bowen

Fighting with the Screaming Eagles (eBook, ePUB)

With the 101st Airborne from Normandy to Bastogne

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A member of the 101st Airborne's Glider Infantry recalls WWII, from the horror of D-Day to the despair of Nazi captivity, in this compelling memoir. As World War II broke out, Robert Bowen was drafted into Company C, 401st Glider Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. Soon afterwards, he found himself storming Utah Beach amid the chaos of D-Day, through unfamiliar terrain littered with minefields and hidden snipers. Bowen was wounded during the Normandy campaign but went on to fight in Holland and the Ardennes, where he was captured. That's when his "trip through hell" truly began. In each of Bowen's campaigns, the 101st "Screaming Eagles" spearheaded the Allied effort against the Nazi occupation of Europe. At Bastogne, they stood nearly alone against the onslaught of enemy panzers and grenadiers. His insights into life behind enemy lines after his capture provide as much fascination as his exploits on the battlefield. Written shortly after the war, Bowen's narrative is immediate and compelling. An introduction by the world's foremost historian of the 101st Airborne, George Koskimaki, further enhances this classic work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Casemate
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781935149903
• Artikelnr.: 39493990

Autorenporträt

Robert Bowen was drafted into Company C, 401st Glider Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, as World War II broke out, and soon after found himself storming ashore amid the chaos on Utah Beach, through unfamiliar terrain littered with minefields and hidden snipers. He was wounded during the Normandy campaign but went on to fight in Holland and the Ardennes, where he was captured and his "trip through hell" truly began.Christopher J. Anderson has written many articles on military history, and is the author of The U.S. Army Today, Patton's Third Army and The Fall of Fortress Europe in the G.I. Series.George Koskimaki was born in Michigan in 1922. While still in college, he enlisted in the Army and joined the famous 101st Airborne Division, The Screaming Eagles as a paratrooper and radio operator. After retiring, Koskimaki served as the Executive Secretary of the 101st Airborne Division Association.He was a, teacher, military historian and author of multiple books on United States military operations in the European Theater of World War II, particularly operations carried out by the 101st Airborne Division.He passed in 2016 at the age of 93.