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Old August 4th, 2007, 11:10 PM
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Default Re: Common Soldier Books

I've read these books mentioned above. All are very good. My further comments are in green.

Soldat" by Major Siegfried Knappe. Good account for an artillery and then staff young German officer. ----Very, Very Good Book
"Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sajer.
"Band of Brothers" by Stephen E. Ambrose, of course. Many don't like Ambrose but that book is quite good----you got that right. Read instead, Parachute Infantry, by David Kenyon Webster, one the men of the 506th

Just read Blunt's Foot Soldier. Not a pretty picture

Additional books well worth reading:

The Men of Company K. Leinbaugh and Campbell A must read for the US experience in Europe. HIGHLY recommend
Unsung Valor, A Cleveland Harrison 94th Infantry Division
Trapped at Pearl Harbor, by Young in the USS Oklahoma. Good Navy read.
Yank by Ted Ellsworth US citizen in the British Army
And If I Perish Monahan and Neidel-Greenlee US Nurses in Arica, Sicily, Anzio and France.
Five Years, Four Fronts, by Georg Grossjohan German officer’s memoirs very good
Roll Me Over - Raymond Ganter American Infantry Normandy to Czechoslovakia
Behind Hitler’s Lines Thomas H. Taylor Only US soldier to fight for both the US and USSR, with prison camp in between. 82nd Airborne
Tank Rider Evgeni Bessonov Eastern Front Red Army Very good. Provides good insight into day to day activites I wonder how he found time to fight, he seemed to spend a lot of time looking for food.
All the Way To Berlin James Megellas 82 AB.
Enemy North South East and West ----Author ? Artillery observer at Mortain. Well written. He was still amazed that his radio batteries lasted a week when they normally only were good for 24-48 hours.
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