MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2012009539
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008 120305s2012 enk b 000 0 eng
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020 $a9780230346642 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aD838.N42$bM377 2012
082 00 $a940.54/6549248$223
084 $aHIS036060$aHIS010020$aHIS027100$aHIS037070$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSchrijvers, Peter,$d1963-
245 14 $aThe Margraten boys :$bhow a European village kept America's liberators alive /$cPeter Schrijvers.
260 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2012.
263 $a1204
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"In the peaceful Dutch village of Margraten, a stone's throw from what once was Nazi Germany, ten thousand young American men are forever resting side by side amid rich pastures and lush orchards. They fought and died in the most epic battles of World War II in Europe: Operation Market Garden, the Siegfried Line campaign, the Hürtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, the Rhine and Roer River crossings, and the air offensive over Germany. In 1945 the liberated villagers vowed never to forget the sacrifices of the Margraten boys. This is the moving story of how, in a unique way, these grateful villagers have kept their word to the GIs and their families in America by caring for the graves of the soldiers up until the present day"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aA Debt of Honor -- A Web of Intimate Relations -- Saying Goodbye -- The War Turns Cold -- A Long and Dark Shadow -- The End of History -- A Global Village -- The Return of History -- Of Paramount Importance -- The Audacity of Hope -- Postscript.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMonuments$zNetherlands$zMargraten.
610 20 $aNetherlands American Cemetery and Memorial (Margraten, Netherlands)
650 0 $aSoldiers' monuments$zNetherlands$zMargraten.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zNetherlands$zMargraten.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zNetherlands$zMargraten$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aMargraten (Netherlands)$xHistory$y20th century.
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Western.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Military / World War II.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/642/9780230346642/image/lgcover.9780230346642.jpg