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050 00 $aD762.N67$bA87 1994
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245 00 $aAssault on Normandy :$bfirst-person accounts from the sea services /$cedited by Paul Stillwell.
260 $aAnnapolis, Md. :$bNaval Institute Press,$c1994.
263 $a9404
300 $axii, 312 pages :$billustrations ;$c29 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe Memory of Departed Shipmates / Hans E. Bergner -- Disaster at Dieppe, Success at Normandy / Elliott B. Strauss -- Strategy and Secrecy / George M. Elsey -- Admiral Stark's Role / Neil K. Dietrich -- Admiral Ramsay and I / Alan G. Kirk -- Ultra Warnings / McGeorge Bundy -- German Naval Operations on D-Day / Friedrich Ruge -- Exercise Tiger - Screams of Agony / Eugene E. Eckstam -- Stripe Five and You're Out / Alfred C. Richmond -- Ike Remembered Me / John D. Bulkeley -- Close-In Support at Omaha Beach / Lorenzo S. Sabin -- Traffic Cop / Richard H. Crook, Jr. -- DD Spelled Disaster / Dean L. Rockwell -- Landing the Big Red One / Robert E. Adams -- My Only Job was to Stay Alive / Paul S. Fauks -- Surviving the London Blitz - and Meeting a Husband / Barbara Clare Fauks -- Noic Utah / James E. Arnold -- Combat Demolition Unit / Orval W. Wakefield -- The Best Seat for a Really Big Show / John R. Blackburn -- Make Love and War / F. Julian Becton -- Dread of the Unknown / Davis C. Howes.
505 0 $aShipwrecked in the Channel / Orwin C. Talbott -- Broken Ship, Broken Body / William D. Branstrator -- Getting the Troops 'Over There' / John L. Horton -- Sub-Ordinary Seaman / Richard A. Freed -- Liberty Ship Signalman / Cornelius A. "Pete" Burke -- When Sevens Weren't Lucky / Patrick W. Kemp -- Designing the LST / John C. Niedermair -- Civilians in Uniform / Walter Trombold -- The Hazards of London (and Normandy) / Allen Pace -- Mulberries and Gooseberries / Edward Ellsberg -- Battleship Commander / Carleton F. Bryant -- A Strange Place for a Marine / Irvin Airey -- The Capture of Cherbourg / Quentin R. Walsh -- The Non-Amphibious Swan of Cherbourg / George W. Bauernschmidt -- Submarines and Buzz-Bomb Launchers / James R. Reedy -- A Warm Welcome in Southern France / H. Kent Hewitt -- The Death of Admiral Moon / John A. Moreno -- Dog Tags and Dirty Beans / Albert K. Murray -- Beach Jumpers Don't Really Jump / Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. -- Surface Action at Point-Blank Range / John D. Bulkeley.
505 0 $aThe Alsos Mission / Albert G. Mumma -- A Different Kind of Uniform / Rex Barney -- Gambling for Dramamine / James H. Skidmore -- Three Faces / Robert Lee -- A Sense of Duty to the Fatherland / Hans J. Degelow -- Moving into Germany / Donald J. MacDonald -- Across the Rhine / Norris Houghton -- Surrender! / Harry C. Butcher.
520 $aUntil now the telling of the story of D-Day and the retaking of France from the Nazis began at the beach and moved inland. With this book the experiences of the men on the water come to the forefront and deepen our understanding of the long and bitter struggle. This 50th anniversary commemorative volume documents the crucial part played by the sea services in the invasion through a series of eyewitness narratives remarkable for their variety and candor.
520 8 $aNo longer a mere footnote to history, the indispensable role of the sea services can finally be fully appreciated.
520 8 $aTo provide a vivid, memorable account of the June 1944 Allied assault on Normandy, Paul Stillwell has selected four dozen firsthand recollections of the participants, illustrated with some 250 photographs, many from private collections. Taken from interviews he and other oral historians have conducted, the recollections range from those of admirals in command to frontline soldiers and capture the human side of the story from all perspectives.
520 8 $aThe drama, sense of sacrifice, and impact on individuals are realized through the reminiscences of naval reservist Douglas Fairbanks Jr., former Brooklyn Dodger Rex Barney, and Medal of Honor recipient Vice Adm. John D. Bulkeley, USN (Ret.), who commanded the minesweepers that cleared the sea-lanes to the Normandy beaches, and a host of other participants.
520 8 $a. Assault on Normandy also recounts the fatal flight of Joseph Kennedy, conditions on board troop transports and landing craft, the capture of hundreds of German prisoners, PT-boat operations, the naval shore bombardment of Normandy and Cherbourg, a surface gun battle at point-blank range, and the use of codebreaking in the air war. Stillwell's informative introduction and transitions put the individual contributions in their historical context.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zFrance$zNormandy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148319
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations, American.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148452
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113356
700 1 $aStillwell, Paul,$d1944-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81049444
852 00 $boff,glx$hD762.N67$iA87 1994