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A Soldier's Journal - With the 22nd Infantry Regiment in World War II (Paperback)
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A Soldier's Journal - With the 22nd Infantry Regiment in World War II (Paperback)
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"The 22nd is very much a part of my life and had it not been for
your journal I would have had no idea of its destiny and its
ending. I am very grateful to you for this experience." -John
Cheever Scores of combat incidents and fascinating insights are to
be found aCin "A Soldier's Journal." aCRothbart aCprovides unusual
details of the 4th Division's, and especially the 22nd Regiment's,
achievements and obstacles in the Allied advance from Normandy to
Germany; aCD-Day Normandy, the breakthrough at St. Lo, the
liberation of Paris, the German counterattack in the Ardennes and
the Battle of the Bulge, aCand the bloody Hurtgen Forest
battle.-The Trenton Times (NJ) "Rothbart's meticulously- kept
journal is an 'I was there' record of World War II. aCIt is a
valuable piece of American history."-The Huntsville Times (AL)
"From the day he was drafted in 1942...Rothbart did what many
people plan but rarely follow up. aCHe kept a journal, tightly
pencilled entries in little notebooks that somehow caught history
roaring by, and in remarkably readable style."-Pittsburgh Tribune
Review (PA) "Compelling reading ...made more so by the many 'slice
of life' portraits...of his time in the U.S. Army." -John Gresham,
bestselling co-author (with Tom Clancy) of Submarine and Special
Forces. David Rothbart was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1916. Inducted
into the Army on February 14, 1942. He served in the European
Theatre of Operations, landing in Normandy shortly after D-Day,
June 6, 1944. He was awarded the Bronze Star with five battle stars
and was honorably discharged on September 28, 1945, with the rank
of sargeant.
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