Research Catalog

Title

All American, all the way : the combat history of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II / Phil Nordyke.

Author

Nordyke, Phil.

Publication

St. Paul, MN : Zenith Press, c2005.

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Details

Description

xii, 868 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

Presents a comprehensive history of the eighty-second Airborne Division during World War Two, and chronicles their missions including Sicily, Normandy, and Holland, as well as their participation in the occupation of Berlin.

Subject

• United States. Airborne Division, 82nd
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Europe
• World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 835-837) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

"Fierce individualists" -- "Ready" -- "Destroy him wherever found" -- "We had a long way to go yet, and some of the men would accompany us no more" -- "Retreat hell! : send me my 3rd battalion!" -- "Wait until a triumphant entry is organized" -- "Devils in baggy pants" -- You are about to embark upon the great crusade" -- "Almighty God, our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor" -- "Wherever you land, make your way to Ste.-M?re-?glise, and together we will raise this flag" -- "This was one of the toughest days of my life" -- "I think it's time to get our war started" -- "I don't know of a better place than this to die" -- "Colonel, aren't you glad Waverly's on our side?" -- "Van, don't kill them all. Save a few for interrogation" -- "Follow me!" -- "My God, Matt, can't anything stop these men?" -- "Resourceful and courageous in the attack, resolute in the defense, they fought superbly" -- "Put us down in Holland or put us down in hell, but put is down all in one place or I will hound you to your graves!" -- "This mighty spectacle deeply impressed me" -- "Situation well in hand" -- "We've come a long way, tell the boys to do a good job" -- "The Nijmegen bridge must be taken today; at the latest, tomorrow" -- "A day unprecedented in the Division's combat history" -- "I have never seen a more gallant action" -- "The finest division in the world today" -- "I'm sure glad you bastards are here" -- "Let's get the sons of bitches!" -- "I'm the 82nd Airborne Division, and this is as far as the bastards are going" -- "Sort out the battlefield and tidy up the lines" -- "Well Colonel, the old guys got it today" -- "Sir, they're all dead" -- ""Surrender, hell!" -- "The closest to hell one could get without entering the gates" -- " Refugees from the law of averages" -- "You wonder what happens to a magnificent division of brave men after the war."

ISBN

0760322015

LCCN

^^2005541182

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library