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.
Author: T. Moffatt Burriss
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 07/01/2000
Pages: 254
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.32w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9781574882582
ISBN10: 1574882589
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General
About the Author
T. Moffatt Burriss is a former South Carolina State legislator. He lives near Columbia, South Carolina.