Beyond Valor

World War II's Ranger and Airborne Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat

By: Patrick K. O'Donnell

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Paperback | 5 March 2002 | Edition Number 1

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From the first parachute drops in North Africa to the final battles in Germany, U.S. Ranger and Airborne troops saw the worst action of World War II. In Beyond Valor, Patrick O'Donnell, a pioneer of Internet-based "oral history" who has collected the first-person stories of hundreds of veterans on his online oral history project, re-creates the frontline experience in stunning detail, weaving together more than 650 "e-histories" and interviews into a seamless narrative.

In recollections filled with pain, poignancy, and pride, veterans chronicle the destruction of entire battalions, speak of their own personal scars, and pay tribute to their fallen colleagues. Beyond Valor brings to light the hidden horrors and uncelebrated heroics of a war fought by a now-vanishing generation and preserves them for all future generations.

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USA Today Captures what the average soldier went through during combat.
Carlo d'Este author of Patton: A Genius for War What Steven Spielberg accomplished visually for the cinema in Saving Private Ryan, Patrick O'Donnell has accomplished through the printed word.

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Maps	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Dieppe	p. 1
Torch: The Invasion of North Africa	p. 15
Sicily	p. 37
Tough Old Boot: Southern Italy	p. 57
Anzio	p. 81
The War from Within: The Triple Nickles	p. 103
Invasion: Normandy	p. 121
Dragoon: The Invasion of Southern France	p. 179
Holland	p. 201
Winter Hell: The Battle of the Bulge	p. 233
Dark Forest: Battle for the Hurtgen	p. 275
Germany	p. 305
Home	p. 335
Methodology	p. 343
Order of Battle	p. 346
Notes	p. 348
Acknowledgments	p. 358
Index	p. 360
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