BOOK STRIKE AND HOLD (82d AIRBORNE IN WW2) (BOX48)

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STRIKE AND HOLD: A MEMOIR OF THE 82d AIRBORNE IN WORLD WAR TWO              AUTOGRAPHED COPY

AUTHOR: T. MOFFATT BURRISS

PUBLISHER: BRASSEY'S    WASHINGTON, D. C. 

COPYRIGHT: 2000 BY BRASSEY'S, INC.

ISBN: 1-57488-348-8-PB

                         A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF HARROWING COMBAT                                             THIS IS THE GRIPPING COMBAT MEMOIR OF T. MOFFATT BURRISS, A HIGHLY DECORATED PLATOON LEADER AND COMPANY COMMANDER WHO SERVED IN THE LEGENDARY 504th PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 82d AIRBORNE DIVISION, DURING THE INVASION OF SICILY, THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.  OPERATION MARKET GARDEN, AND THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.  THE BRAVERY, HEROISM, AND TRAGEDIES OF THE MEN OF THE 504th REGIMENT ARE CAPTURED IN THESE PAGES. STRIKE AND HOLD IS A VIVID PORTRAIT OF THE EUROPEAN WAR AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF AMERICAN GIs. 

MARK BANDO, AUTHOR OF "THE 101st AIRBORNE AT NORMANDY" SAYS, "A BOOK LIKE THIS HAS BEEN LONG HOPED FOR BY AIRBORNE HISTORY BUFFS....."