All American, All the Way A Combat History of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II: From Market Garden to Berlin

by Nordyke, Phil

• ISBN13: 9780760338230
• ISBN10: 076033823X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-11
• Publisher: Zenith Press

Summary

On Sunday, September 17, 1944, the 82nd Airborne Division jumped into history with the First Allied Airborne Army in a daring daylight parachute and glider-borne assault to capture key bridges at the start of Operation Market Garden. Following weeks of heavy combat in Holland, the All Americans (the name of the division in World War I when Sgt. Alvin York was one of its soldiers) were withdrawn from the frontlines for a well-deserved rest, which was almost immediately interrupted by the Battle of the Bulge, where they once again found themselves in the thick of the action, a position that remained familiar to them for the rest of the war. Following VE Day, the 82nd became part of the Allied forces occupying Berlin.

Author Biography

Phil Nordyke is the official historian of the 505th Regimental Combat Team (RCT). He is the author of several books on the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II, including Four Stars of Valor: The Combat History of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II. He lives in McKinney, Texas, with his wife Nancy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Author's Note	p. xi
"Put Us Down in Holland, or Put Us Down in Hell, but Put Us Down All in One Place or I Will Hound You to Your Graves!"	p. 2
"This Mighty Spectacle Deeply Impressed Me"	p. 21
"Situation Well in Hand"	p. 39
"We've Come a Long Way...Tell the Boys to Do a Good Job"	p. 60
"The Nijmegen Bridge Must Be Taken Today; At the Latest, Tomorrow"	p. 82
"A Day Unprecedented in the Division's Combat History"	p. 101
"I Have Never Seen a More Gallant Action"	p. 119
"The Finest Division in the World Today"	p. 137
"I'm Sure Glad You Bastards Are Here"	p. 156
"Let's Get the Sons of Bitches!"	p. 180
"I'm the 82nd Airborne and This Is as Far as the Bastards Are Going"	p. 203
"Sort Out the Battlefield and Tidy Up the Lines"	p. 227
"Well Colonel, the Old Guys Got It Today"	p. 250
"Sir, They're All Dead"	p. 273
"Surrender, Hell!"	p. 292
"The Closest to Hell One Could Get Without Entering the Gates"	p. 310
"Refugees from the Law of Averages"	p. 330
"You Wonder What Happens to a Magnificent Division of Brave Men after the War"	p. 351
Notes	p. 371
Bibliography	p. 395
Index	p. 398
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