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Whatever It Took - An American Paratrooper's Extraordinary Memoir of Escape, Survival, and Heroism in the Last Days of World War II (Paperback)
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Whatever It Took - An American Paratrooper's Extraordinary Memoir of Escape, Survival, and Heroism in the Last Days of World War II (Paperback)
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Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable
never-before-told first-person account of World War II: the true
story of an American paratrooper who survived D-Day, was captured
and imprisoned in a Nazi work camp, and made a daring escape to
freedom. Now at 95, one of the few living members of the Greatest
Generation shares his experiences at last in one of the most
remarkable World War II stories ever told. As the Allied Invasion
of Normandy launched in the pre-dawn hours of June 6, 1944, Henry
Langrehr, an American paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne, was among
the thousands of Allies who parachuted into occupied France.
Surviving heavy anti-aircraft fire, he crashed through the glass
roof of a greenhouse in Sainte-Mere-Eglise. While many of the
soldiers in his unit died, Henry and other surviving troops
valiantly battled enemy tanks to a standstill. Then, on June 29th,
Henry was captured by the Nazis. The next phase of his incredible
journey was beginning. Kept for a week in the outer ring of a death
camp, Henry witnessed the Nazis' unspeakable brutality-the
so-called Final Solution, with people marched to their deaths,
their bodies discarded like cords of wood. Transported to a work
camp, he endured horrors of his own when he was forced to live in
unbelievable squalor and labor in a coal mine with other POWs.
Knowing they would be worked to death, he and a friend made a
desperate escape. When a German soldier cornered them in a barn,
the friend was fatally shot; Henry struggled with the soldier,
killing him and taking his gun. Perilously traveling westward
toward Allied controlled land on foot, Henry faced the great
ethical and moral dilemmas of war firsthand, needing to do whatever
it took to survive. Finally, after two weeks behind enemy lines, he
found an American unit and was rescued. Awaiting him at home was
Arlene, who, like millions of other American women, went to work in
factories and offices to build the armaments Henry and the Allies
needed for victory. Whatever It Took is her story, too, bringing to
life the hopes and fears of those on the homefront awaiting their
loved ones to return. A tale of heroism, hope, and survival
featuring 30 photographs, Whatever It Took is a timely reminder of
the human cost of freedom and a tribute to unbreakable human
courage and spirit in the darkest of times.
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