Strike and Hold: A Memoir of the 82nd Airborne in World War II

This fast-moving memoir of T. Moffatt Burriss shows his extraordinary role as a platoon leader and company commander with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Europe and North Africa during World War II. He saw a great deal of combat on Sicily, at Salerno, on Anzio Beach, in Holland during Operation Market Garden, and during the drive into Germany. This book portrays World War II as seen vividly through the eyes of the young American citizen-soldier.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 07/01/2000
ISBN: 9781574882582
Pages: 254
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.32w x 0.88d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2000 pg. 19