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Every Man a Hero - A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War (Hardcover)
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Every Man a Hero - A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War (Hardcover)
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The New York Times Bestseller | Winner of the Army Historical
Foundation Distinguished Writing Award Omaha Beach legend Ray
Lambert's unforgettable firsthand account of D-Day "Lambert landed
on [Omaha Beach] as a 23-year-old Army medic. ... As the bullets
cut down his comrades, he raced repeatedly back into the sea to
drag out wounded soldiers." -New York Times Seventy-five years ago,
he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now D-Day legend Ray
Lambert (1920-2021) delivers one of the most remarkable memoirs of
our time, a tour-de-force of remembrance evoking his role as a
decorated World War II medic who risked his life to save the heroes
of Normandy. At five a.m. on June 6, 1944, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant
Ray Lambert worked his way through a throng of nervous soldiers to
a wind-swept deck on a troopship off the coast of Normandy, France.
A familiar voice cut through the wind and rumble of the ship's
engines. "Ray!" called his brother, Bill. Ray, head of a medical
team for the First Division's famed 16th Infantry Regiment, had
already won a silver star in 1943 for running through German lines
to rescue trapped men, one of countless rescues he'd made in North
Africa and Sicily. "This is going to be the worst yet," Ray told
his brother, who served alongside him throughout the war. "If I
don't make it," said Bill, "take care of my family." "I will," said
Ray. He thought about his wife and son-a boy he had yet to see.
"Same for me." The words were barely out of Ray's mouth when a
shout came from below. To the landing craft! The brothers parted.
Their destinies lay ten miles away, on the bloodiest shore of
Normandy, a plot of Omaha Beach ironically code named "Easy Red."
Less than five hours later, after saving dozens of lives and being
wounded at least three separate times, Ray would lose consciousness
in the shallow water of the beach under heavy fire. He would wake
on the deck of a landing ship to find his battered brother clinging
to life next to him. Every Man a Hero is the unforgettable story
not only of what happened in the incredible and desperate hours on
Omaha Beach, but of the bravery and courage that preceded them,
throughout the Second World War-from the sands of Africa, through
the treacherous mountain passes of Sicily, and beyond to the
greatest military victory the world has ever known.
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