To D-Day and Back: Adventures with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment and Life as a World War II Pow: A Memoir

In the predawn hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944, which would become immortalized as the Longest Day, Bob Bearden and his comrades in the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment jumped into the inky skies over Normandy. Their mission: defend the west bank of the Merderet River against German counterattack. After long months of training they were finally taking the war to the Germans. Beardens time in combat proved shortlived, however, when he was captured on D+2, June 8.

This was only the beginning of a new war for his very survival through multiple German POW camps and ultimately on an epic journey that would take him largely on foot all the way to Moscow on his journey home, all of which makes for exciting reading in this remarkable memoir.

Author: Bob Bearden
Publisher: Zenith Press
Published: 09/10/2014
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d
ISBN13: 9780760347935
ISBN10: 076034793X
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General

About the Author

Bob Bearden was a paratrooper with the 507th PIR during World War II. He lives in Belton, Texas.