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The Bedford boys : one American town's ultimate D-Day sacrifice / Alex Kershaw.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2003.Edition: 1st Da Capo Press pbk. edDescription: xii, 279 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0306813556
  • 9780306813559
  • 0306811677
  • 9780306811678
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • D756.5.N6 K468 2003b
Online resources:
Contents:
D-Day, H-360 -- Going to War -- Moving Out -- Cruel Seas -- England's Own -- "29, Let's Go!" -- Slapton Sands -- The Sausages -- The Empire Javelin -- The First Wave -- Dog Beach -- "Medic!" -- Every Man Was a Hero -- Bedford's Longest Day -- Bocage -- The Longest Wait -- His Deep Regret -- Coming Home -- Memorial -- The Bedford Boys and D-Day.
Summary: Chronicles the experiences of the young men from Bedford, Virginia, who invaded Normandy's Omaha Beach as part of the first wave of American soldiers who hit the beaches on D-Day.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library 940.5421 KERS Reordered - please request
Total holds: 1

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

June 6, 1944: Nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia -- population just 3,000 in 1944 -- died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day
They were part of Company A of the 116th Regiment of the 29th Division, and the first wave of American soldiers to hit the beaches in Normandy. Later in the campaign, three more boys from this small Virginia town died of gunshot wounds. Twenty-two sons of Bedford lost--it is a story one cannot easily forget and one that the families of Bedford will never forget.

The Bedford Boys is the true and intimate story of these men and the friends and families they left behind. Based on extensive interviews with survivors and relatives, as well as diaries and letters, Kershaw's book focuses on several remarkable individuals and families to tell one of the most poignant stories of World War II--the story of one small American town that went to war and died on Omaha Beach.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242) and index.

D-Day, H-360 -- Going to War -- Moving Out -- Cruel Seas -- England's Own -- "29, Let's Go!" -- Slapton Sands -- The Sausages -- The Empire Javelin -- The First Wave -- Dog Beach -- "Medic!" -- Every Man Was a Hero -- Bedford's Longest Day -- Bocage -- The Longest Wait -- His Deep Regret -- Coming Home -- Memorial -- The Bedford Boys and D-Day.

Chronicles the experiences of the young men from Bedford, Virginia, who invaded Normandy's Omaha Beach as part of the first wave of American soldiers who hit the beaches on D-Day.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgments (p. ix)
  • The Bedford Boys (p. xi)
  • Maps (p. xiii)
  • 1 D-Day, H-360 (p. 1)
  • 2 Going to War (p. 7)
  • 3 Moving Out (p. 23)
  • 4 Cruel Seas (p. 41)
  • 5 England's Own (p. 53)
  • 6 "29, Let's Go!" (p. 67)
  • 7 Slapton Sands (p. 81)
  • 8 The Sausages (p. 93)
  • 9 The Empire Javelin (p. 111)
  • 10 The First Wave (p. 121)
  • 11 Dog Beach (p. 129)
  • 12 "Medic!" (p. 139)
  • 13 Every Man Was a Hero (p. 149)
  • 14 Bedford's Longest Day (p. 165)
  • 15 Bocage (p. 173)
  • 16 The Longest Wait (p. 189)
  • 17 His Deep Regret (p. 197)
  • 18 Coming Home (p. 209)
  • 19 Memorial (p. 225)
  • The Bedford Boys and D-Day (p. 239)
  • Bibliography (p. 241)
  • Notes (p. 243)
  • Index (p. 263)

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