101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles in World War IIIn 1942, the 82nd Infantry Division at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, was split in two. One of the new divisions began intense preparations and training for a surprise landing on the Nazi-occupied European continent. The location was Normandy, France; the date was June 6, 1944; and the division was the 101st Airborne: the legendary "band of brothers." |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 8 |
Chapter 1 TRAINING AND MANEUVERS | 11 |
Chapter 2 ENGLAND BEFORE DDAY | 31 |
THE INVASION | 49 |
THE PUSH INLAND | 83 |
Chapter 5 ENGLAND SUMMER 1944 | 105 |
LIBERATION OF THE CORRIDOR | 113 |
THE ISLAND | 143 |