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D-Day, and beyond, 60 years on.(forecasts)(Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes)(No Greater Glory: The Four Immortal Chaplains and the Sinking of the Dorchester in WWII)(The Freedom Line: The Brave Men and Women Who Rescued Allied Airment from the Nazis During WWII)(Ten Days to D-Day: Citizens and Soldiers on the Eve of the Invasion)(Monte Cassino: The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II)(Voices of Valor: D-Day: June 6, 1944)(The D-Day Atlas: Anatomy of the Normandy Campaign)(D-Day)(Normandy: The Real Story: How Ordinary Allied Soldiers Defeated Hitler)(No Greater Sacrifice, No Greater Love: A Son's Journey to Normandy)(Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944)(Book Review)
June 6, 1944, was the date of the most massive and complex operation ever attempted by an armed force on earth, and its success continues to reverberate. Fans of Saving Private Ryan have an opportunity with this 60th anniversary to dig deeper into the landing and its legacy, as well as other acts of heroism and everyday soldiering during the war.
BROTHERS IN ARMS: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anthony Walton. Broadway, $24.95 (320p) ISBN 0-385-50338-5
The six-time NBA most valuable player teams up with Mississippi author Walton, who coauthored Al Sharpton's Go and Tell Pharaoh. Their chronicle of Patton's Third Army stalwarts takes in the all-black tank battalion's 183 days on the front lines of the Battle of the Bulge, with casualty rates of almost 50%, an almost impossible supply situation, sometimes inept leadership and chronic racism that inflected nearly every move they made. The third-person narrative reflects the intimacy Jabbar has with Leonard "Smitty" Smith, the loader on a 761st tank crew, with episodes and anecdotes that feel immediate and a wealth of visual and tactical detail about what it was like to work, and often live, on the inside of a tank. The authors widen the scope repeatedly to give a nuanced account of the 676 enlisted men and 36 …
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News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Tasker, Fred
January 26, 2000
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