The winter army : the World War II odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's elite alpine warriors
(2019)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
940.541273/ISSERMAN,M

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 940.541273/ISSERMAN,M Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019
©2019
DESCRIPTION

xv, 318 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781328871435, 1328871436 :, 1328871436, 9781328871435 40029464980
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"Always Forward" -- Origins, 1940-41: "Soldiers Out of Skiers" -- Training, 1942: "Ninety Pounds of Rucksack" -- Camp Hale, 1943: "Heaven and Hell" -- Kiska, 1943: "This Little Expedition" -- Camp Hale and Camp Swift, 1944: "We'll Be Playing for Keeps before Long" -- Italy, December 23, 1944-February 18, 1945: "Still Green" -- Italy, February 19-April 13, 1945: "Front Line Soldiers" -- Italy, April 14-May 3, 1945: "All Those Fine Young Men" -- Epilogue: "Among My Souvenirs"

"The epic story of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line of German defenses in Italy's mountains in 1945, spearheading the Allied advance to the Alps and final victory."--Provided by publisher

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