Left for dead at Nijmegen : the true story of an American paratrooper in WWII
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
Philadelphia : Casemate, 2019.
Physical Desc
x, 229 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Camp Verde Community Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
940.54 NAN
1 available
940.54 NAN
1 available
Cottonwood Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
940.54 NAN
1 available
940.54 NAN
1 available
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Published
Philadelphia : Casemate, 2019.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
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Description
"A nonfiction biography written by Marcus A. Nannini, who spent several years interviewing Gene Metcalfe, who was determined to become a paratrooper, enlisted and was part of Operation Market Garden, a paratrooper landing in Nijmegen, Holland. It was his first foray into the field of battle, the culmination of years of training in every aspect of the paratrooper's skills in war-craft. Operation Market Garden was, from the outset, a poorly timed and executed operation, one for which the Germans almost seemed to have advance notice. For Metcalf, his inability to hear the order to retreat resulted in an injury that led one of his comrades to believe he was dead. While he was stunned and rendered unconscious for a while, Metcalf was indeed not dead. Over the next 24 hours, he would be imprisoned in a strange castle-like building and interviewed by Heinrich Himmler himself. Thereafter, until the war ended, he would languish in a series of gulags wherein Allied soldiers were deprived of food, forced into hard labor and doomed to die slow and agonizing deaths."
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944 -- Personal narratives, American.
Biographies.
Metcalfe, Gene.
Personal narratives.
United States. -- Army -- Parachute troops -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Netherlands -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Biographies.
Metcalfe, Gene.
Personal narratives.
United States. -- Army -- Parachute troops -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Netherlands -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nannini, M. A. (2019). Left for dead at Nijmegen: the true story of an American paratrooper in WWII . Casemate.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nannini, Marcus A.. 2019. Left for Dead At Nijmegen: The True Story of an American Paratrooper in WWII. Casemate.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nannini, Marcus A.. Left for Dead At Nijmegen: The True Story of an American Paratrooper in WWII Casemate, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nannini, Marcus A.. Left for Dead At Nijmegen: The True Story of an American Paratrooper in WWII Casemate, 2019.
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