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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 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R521
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Whatever It Took - An American Paratrooper's Extraordinary Memoir of Escape, Survival, and Heroism in the Last Days of...

Whatever It Took - An American Paratrooper's Extraordinary Memoir of Escape, Survival, and Heroism in the Last Days of World War II (Hardcover)

Henry Langrehr, Jim DeFelice

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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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Imprint: William Morrow
Country of origin: United States
Release date: May 2020
Authors: Henry Langrehr • Jim DeFelice
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-302742-8
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Special & elite forces
Books > Fiction > True stories > War / combat / elite forces > General
Books > Biography > General
LSN: 0-06-302742-9
Barcode: 9780063027428

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