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Voices of valor : D-Day, June 6, 1944
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Published for the 60th anniversary of D-Day, this lushly illustrated volume with audio CDs presents gripping, firsthand accounts of the Normandy invasion with a central narrative by one of America'...
Published for the 60th anniversary of D-Day, this lushly illustrated volume with audio CDs presents gripping, firsthand accounts of the Normandy invasion with a central narrative by one of America's preeminent historians. A compelling compilation of firsthand accounts of the Normandy invasion presents forty remarkable oral histories that recount the events and experiences of D-Day from the perspectives of the veterans themselves, accompanied by a selection of interviews on CD.
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- Creator
- Douglas Brinkley and Ronald J. Drez
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Bulfinch Press, [2004]
- ©2004
- Physical Details
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- 185 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm + 2 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
- audio file CD audio
- ISBNs
- 0821228897, 9780821228890, 0832338897
- OCLC
- ocm56058332
- Credits
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- Narrator (from audio discs), Stephen Lang
- Book: Introduction -- Call to arms and gathering for d-day -- Launching the attack -- Battlefield isolated: help from the resistance and the SOE -- Dropping from the skies: British attack on the east flank -- Over the Atlantic wall: American airborne drop on the cotentin peninsula -- Crossing the channel: air and sea armadas -- Utah beach -- Rangers at the pointe -- 16th regiment at Omaha beach -- 116th regiment: into the jaws of hell -- British 2nd army at Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches -- Aftermath -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Photo credits
- Audio disc 1: General introduction -- Chapter 1. Overview -- enlistment and training -- Enlistment -- Americans cross to England -- Training in England -- Airborne training -- Chapter 2. Overview -- final preparations -- Final training -- June 4-June 5 in England -- Chapter 3. Overview -- undercover work in France -- SOE and resistance efforts -- Chapter 4. Overview -- the British Glider invasion -- The crossing -- The landing -- Assault on the Caen (Pegasus) bridge -- Attempts to radio a missing glider -- Chapter 6. Overview -- the U.S. airborne invasion -- Preparations / takeoff -- Across the channel -- Dropping into Normandy -- On the ground -- Chapter 6. Overview -- the air and sea armadas -- Aerial bombardment -- Naval bombardment -- Infantrymen making the crossing
- Audio disc 2: Chapter 7. Overview -- Utah beach -- Approaching the beach -- Infantry landing -- Destroying the guns -- Chapter 8. Overview -- Rangers at he Pointe -- The plant -- The landing -- Up the beach -- Scaling the cliffs -- Destroying the guns -- Mission accomplished -- Chapter 9. Overview -- 16th infantry at Omaha beach -- Approaching the beach -- In the water -- On the beachheads -- Scenes of death -- Attacking the bluffs -- Chapter 10. Overview -- 116th infantry at Omaha beach -- Troubles at sea -- Landing -- Crossing the beach -- Moving inland -- Chapter 11. Overview -- Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches -- Approaching the beaches -- On the beach -- Unloading and moving inland -- Chapter 12. D-Day aftermath -- Liberation of France -- Final reflections