A Footsoldier for Patton

A Footsoldier for Patton The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman with the U.S. Third Army Author:Michael Bilder Language:English Format:Softcover Dimensions:6" x 9" Pages:304 Photos:16 pages illustrations Publisher:Casemate ISBN:9781612000909 Item No. 9781612000909 A brutally honest depiction of day-to-day combat in World War II . . .A rarely frank account of the U.S. infantry experience in northern Europe, A Foot Soldier for Patton takes the reader from the beaches of Normandy through the giddy drive across France, to the brutal battles on the Westwall, in the Ardennes, and finally to the conquest of Germany itself.Patton’s army is best known for dashing armored attacks, its commander combining the firepower of tanks with their historic lineage as cavalry. But when the Germans stood firm the greatest fighting was done by Patton’s long undersung infantry—the foot sloggers who were called upon to reduce enemy st