Left for Dead at Nijmegen - The True Story of an American Paratrooper in World War II Nannini Marcus A.Pevná vazba
Left for Dead at Nijmegen - The True Story of an American Paratrooper in World War II Nannini Marcus A.Pevná vazba Left for Dead at Nijmegen recalls the larger-than-life experiences of an American…
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Left for Dead at Nijmegen - The True Story of an American Paratrooper in World War II Nannini Marcus A.Pevná vazba
Left for Dead at Nijmegen recalls the larger-than-life experiences of an American paratrooper, Gene Metcalfe, who served in the 82nd Airborne during WWII. He was to be among the first to jump into what should have been a picture-book meadow, free of German troops. From his recruitment into the military at Camp Grant to his training with the 501st Paratroop Infantry Regiment at Camp Toccoa, it wasn't until D-Day itself that he first arrived in England to join the 508th PIR.When Metcalfe boarded the C-47 which would drop him at Groesbeek Heights, just outside of Nijmegen, Holland, he was handed a box of twelve dozen condoms by an over-confident British lieutenant.
It was at that moment he Instead, it was defended by three German anti-aircraft cannon emplacements.As he jumped into a hail of bullets and exploding shells he watched his plane roll over and plummet into the ground.