Post by victorgrant on Apr 26, 2018 13:31:48 GMT
Hi,
I've recently finished Gurley's 'Into the Mountains Dark' and it's got me interested in other memoirs from this theatre. I found a stack of new ones on Amazon and I've listed them here for your thoughts - if you've read them. Anyway, I'm looking to buy a few of them so any input would be appreciated.
Ones I have read already - starting with the best/most interesting
'Roll Me Over' by Raymond Gantter. An excellent, very well written account of combat.
'Seven Roads to Hell' by Donard R. Burgett. Real & raw. Lots of combat, including fighting with and against tanks in the Ardennes.
'Into the Mountains Dark' by Franklin L. Gurley. Some combat but much less than the above examples.
'Infantry Soldier' by George W. Neill. Lots of 'in the line' stuff but very little combat.
I've ranked these on the amount of combat and according to the quality of the writing but all of these are worthy books in a number of ways. If you've read any of these it would help if you could compare the following books to them.
'You can't get much closer than this: Combat with H Co, 313th RCT, 80th Div' by A. Adkins. Published in 2005
'Taught to Kill: An American Boy's War. Ardennes to Berlin' by John B. Babcock 2005
'Bootprints' by Hobert Winebrennar & M. McCoy (358th RCT, 90th Div) 2005
'Visions from a Foxhole: Rifleman in Patton's Ghost Corps' by William Foley (94th Div)
'If you Survive' : Normandy to The Bulge, One American officers true story. G. Wilson
Descending from the clouds: Memoir of Combat with 505 PIR, 82nd Abn. Spencer Wurst 2005
Most of the Amazon reviews were positive for all these books, so I'm still left unsure as to what to choose. Feel free to add in others if you think I've missed a goody. It was interesting to note on Amazon that family and fellow veterans contribute their reviews to the books listed. A couple of veterans actually questioned the truthfulness of one memoir by someone called Blunt. Very interesting stuff.
There was another
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I've recently finished Gurley's 'Into the Mountains Dark' and it's got me interested in other memoirs from this theatre. I found a stack of new ones on Amazon and I've listed them here for your thoughts - if you've read them. Anyway, I'm looking to buy a few of them so any input would be appreciated.
Ones I have read already - starting with the best/most interesting
'Roll Me Over' by Raymond Gantter. An excellent, very well written account of combat.
'Seven Roads to Hell' by Donard R. Burgett. Real & raw. Lots of combat, including fighting with and against tanks in the Ardennes.
'Into the Mountains Dark' by Franklin L. Gurley. Some combat but much less than the above examples.
'Infantry Soldier' by George W. Neill. Lots of 'in the line' stuff but very little combat.
I've ranked these on the amount of combat and according to the quality of the writing but all of these are worthy books in a number of ways. If you've read any of these it would help if you could compare the following books to them.
'You can't get much closer than this: Combat with H Co, 313th RCT, 80th Div' by A. Adkins. Published in 2005
'Taught to Kill: An American Boy's War. Ardennes to Berlin' by John B. Babcock 2005
'Bootprints' by Hobert Winebrennar & M. McCoy (358th RCT, 90th Div) 2005
'Visions from a Foxhole: Rifleman in Patton's Ghost Corps' by William Foley (94th Div)
'If you Survive' : Normandy to The Bulge, One American officers true story. G. Wilson
Descending from the clouds: Memoir of Combat with 505 PIR, 82nd Abn. Spencer Wurst 2005
Most of the Amazon reviews were positive for all these books, so I'm still left unsure as to what to choose. Feel free to add in others if you think I've missed a goody. It was interesting to note on Amazon that family and fellow veterans contribute their reviews to the books listed. A couple of veterans actually questioned the truthfulness of one memoir by someone called Blunt. Very interesting stuff.
There was another
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