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"This work is Lloyd M. Wells's firsthand account of World War II based on a journal he kept during the war, letters he sent home, and personal records, as well as recollections of people and events." "In June 1941, the twenty-one-year-old Wells was drafted into the army. He was c...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wells, Lloyd M. (Lloyd Manning), 1919-2000
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Wells, Lloyd M. > (Lloyd Manning), > 1919-2000.
Wells, Lloyd M. > (Lloyd Manning), > 1919-2000
United States. > Army. > Armored Infantry Regiment, 6th.
United States. > Army. > Armored Infantry Regiment, 6th
1939 - 1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Italy.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire des unités > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Italie.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
Soldiers
Italy
United States
Autobiography
Personal Narrative
Biography
autobiographies (literary works)
Personal narratives
Autobiographies
Biographies
Personal narratives > American
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In the beginning there was basic training
  • Ninety-day wonder
  • Innocent abroad
  • Mt. Porchia: the legacy of a battle
  • Cassino, January 1944
  • Anzio: the German counterattack, February 1944
  • Anzio: stalemate, March-April 1944
  • Anzio: breakout and holiday
  • Pontedera: close encounters of a dangerous kind
  • Bombiana and Porretta Terme
  • Winter 1945
  • Holding the high ground
  • The last offensive: eight days in the mountains
  • The last offensive: twelve days in the valley
  • That Italian spring, May-June 1945
  • The end of everything.

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