Pegasus Diaries

the Private Papers of Major John Howard Dsc

By: HOWARD JOHN & BATES PENNY

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Hardcover | 6 June 2006

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John Howard's name will forever be linked to the highly successful Pegasus Bridge assault by his glider-born company of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. His men regarded him with awe and his courage and toughness were bye-words. However this book reveals the human side of the man as well as providing a graphic account of the preparation, actual operation and aftermath of this iconic raid.

The Pegasus Diaries is a book that will be enjoyed by men and women alike, presenting as it does a complex man often torn between his high sense of loyalty to his men and devotion to duty.

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Foreword	p. vi
Introduction	p. ix
January and February 1942: Camden Town to the Airborne	p. 1
February to April 1942: Background, Oxford and Marriage	p. 14
April to October 1942: Coastal Training and the Long March	p. 26
October 1942 to June 1943: Christmas at Bulford and Return to Ilfracombe	p. 37
Mid-June to September 1943: Family Life and Waiting for War	p. 50
September to Christmas 1943: Searching for a Home	p. 61
Christmas 1943 to March 1944: Home Making and Marking Time	p. 73
March to end of May 1944: Preparations for D-Day	p. 86
May to early June 1944: Transit Camp, Off at Last	p. 103
6 June 1944: The Capture of the Bridges	p. 119
6-19 June 1944: Escoville and Fighting for Normandy	p. 135
20 June to November 1944: Normandy, Returning Home and the End of the Road	p. 150
13 November 1944 to April 1945: Recovery, Realization and Regret	p. 164
April 1945 to March 1946: Disillusion, Determination and Deliverance	p. 176
Epilogue	p. 193
Index	p. 196
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