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Index
Cover
Band Of Brothers
Dedication
Epigraph
Maps
Foreword
Chapter One: “We Wanted Those Wings”: Camp Toccoa, July–December 1942
Chapter Two: “Stand Up and Hook Up”: Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks, December 1942–September 1943
Chapter Three: “Duties of the Latrine Orderly”: Aldbourne, September 1943–March 1944
Chapter Four: “Look Out Hitler! Here We Come!”: Slapton Sands, Uppottery, April 1–June 5, 1944
Chapter Five: “Follow Me”: Normandy, June 6, 1944
Chapter Six: “Move Out!”: Carentan, June 7–July 12, 1944
Chapter Seven: Healing Wounds and Scrubbed Missions: Aldbourne, July 13–September 16, 1944
Chapter Eight: “Hell’s Highway”: Holland, September 17–October 1, 1944
Chapter Nine: The Island: Holland, October 2–November 25, 1944
Chapter Ten: Resting, Recovering, and Refitting: Mourmelon-le-Grand, November 26–December 18, 1944
Chapter Eleven: “They Got Us Surrounded—the Poor Bastards”: Bastogne, December 19–31, 1944
Chapter Twelve: The Breaking Point: Bastogne, January 1–13, 1945
Chapter Thirteen: Attack: Noville, January 14–17, 1945
Chapter Fourteen: The Patrol: Haguenau, January 18–February 23, 1945
Chapter Fifteen: “The Best Feeling in the World”: Mourmelon, February 25–April 2, 1945
Chapter Sixteen: Getting to Know the Enemy: Germany, April 2–30, 1945
Chapter Seventeen: Drinking Hitler’s Champagne: Berchtesgaden, May 1–8, 1945
Chapter Eighteen: The Soldier’s Dream Life: Austria, May 8–July 31, 1945
Chapter Nineteen: Postwar Careers: 1945–1991
Acknowledgments and Sources
About Stephen E. Ambrose
Index
Copyright
D-Day
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Epigraph
Maps
Prologue
Chapter 1: The Defenders
Chapter 2: The Attackers
Chapter 3: The Commanders
Chapter 4: Where and When?
Chapter 5: Utilizing Assets
Chapter 6: Planning and Preparing
Chapter 7: Training
Chapter 8: Marshaling and Briefing
Chapter 9: Loading
Chapter 10: Decision to Go
Chapter 11: Cracking the Atlantic Wall
Chapter 12: “Let’s Get Those Bastards”
Chapter 13: “The Greatest Show Ever Staged”
Chapter 14: A Long, Endless Column of Ships
Chapter 15: “We’ll Start the War from Right Here”
Chapter 16: “Nous Restons Ici”
Chapter 17: Visitors to Hell
Chapter 18: Utter Chaos Reigned
Chapter 19: Traffic Jam
Chapter 20: “I Am a Destroyer Man”
Chapter 21: “Will you Tell me How We Did This?”
Chapter 22: Up the Bluff at Vierville
Chapter 23: Catastrophe Contained
Chapter 24: Struggle for the High Ground
Chapter 25: “It Was Just Fantastic”
Chapter 26: The World Holds Its Breath
Chapter 27: “Fairly Stuffed with Gadgets”
Chapter 28: “Everything Was Well Ordered”
Chapter 29: Payback
Chapter 30: “An Unforgettable Sight”
Chapter 31: “My God, We’ve Done It”
Chapter 32: “When Can Their Glory Fade?”
Photographs
Glossary
Endnotes
Bibliography
Appendix A: Veterans who contributed oral histories or written memoirs to the Eisenhower Center
Index
Copyright
Pegasus Bridge
Dedication
Preface
Chapter 1: D-Day: 0000 to 0015 Hours
Chapter 2: D-Day Minus Two Years
Chapter 3: D-Day Minus One Year to D-Day Minus One Month
Chapter 4: D-Day Minus One Month to D-Day
Chapter 5: D-Day: 0016 to 0026 Hours
Chapter 6: D-Day: 0026 to 0600 Hours
Chapter 7: D-Day: 0600 to 1200 Hours
Chapter 8: D-Day: 1200 to 2400 Hours
Chapter 9: D-Day Plus One to D-Day Plus Ninety
Chapter 10: D-Day Plus Three Months to D-Day Plus Fifty Years
Chapter 11: D-Day Plus Forty Years to D-Day Plus Fifty Years
Epilogue: The Significance of Pegasus Bridge
Photographs
Appendix: Poett’s Orders to Howard
Acknowledgments
Sources
Index
Copyright
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