Easy Company Soldier The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers"

by Malarkey, Don; Welch, Bob

• ISBN13: 9780312563233
• ISBN10: 031256323X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-12
• Publisher: Griffin

Summary

This harrowing memoir recounts the story of a Band of Brothers soldier who spent more consecutive days in combat than any other member of the Easy Company. Two 8-page bw photo inserts.

Author Biography

Don Malarkey was born in 1921 and grew up in Astoria, Oregon. He was drafted in 1942 and spent more consecutive days in combat than any other member of E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division—the most recognized fighting unit in American history. Today he lives in Oregon.

Bob Welch is a nationally recognized author and journalist whose book American Nightingale, about the first nurse to die in World War II after the landings at Normandy, was featured on ABC’s Good Morning America and was an Oregon Book Award finalist. He lives in Oregon.

Table of Contents

The Choice	p. 1
Bomba the Jungle Boy	p. 7
"Mom, Don't Worry, I'll Be Back"	p. 25
Toccoa, Sobel, and Survival	p. 35
Skip Muck and the March to Atlanta	p. 50
Prelude to the Great Crusade	p. 64
Jumping into the Darkness	p. 87
Beauty and the Beast	p. 102
Unclaimed Laundry	p. 114
"Beyond This Place of Wrath and Tears"	p. 126
The Knock on the Door	p. 148
"What's a Guy Gotta Do to Die?"	p. 159
Burying It Deep Within	p. 183
Letters from Two Women	p. 196
Dreaming of Wild Blackberries	p. 214
The War That Never Ends	p. 224
Epilogue: Remembering the Band of Brothers	p. 240
Afterword	p. 255
Acknowledgments	p. 259
Index	p. 261
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