BIRTH OF A REGIMENT: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Sicily and Salerno

An authoritative, action-packed account of the 504th's seminal role in Sicily and Italy, the first two U.S. airborne drops in the European Theater of Operations. Drawing on hundreds of eye-witness testimonies, van Lunteren puts readers at the scene of historic battles as described in the words of the men who fought them. Illus.