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The Making of a Paratrooper : Airborne Training and Combat in World War II / Kurt Gabel ; edited and with an introduction and epilogue by William C. Mitchell ; foreword by Theodore A. Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gabel, Kurt, -1978.
- Series:
- Modern war studies.
- Modern War Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- United States. Army--Parachute troops--History--World War, 1939-1945.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 1990.
- Summary:
- "This book is must reading for anyone interested in elite military units, European conflict during World War II, and an inside perspective on what it is like to be part of an airborne outfit."--Journal of Military History "Narrates the fearless acts performed by the men of the Army's 17th Airborne Division. From the unusual viewpoint of a young man who emigrated to the United States and fought against his German homeland at the Battle of the Bulge."--Army "A gripping, sometimes heartbreaking and intense account of small-unit combat during the Battle of the Bulge and its aftermath."--Military Review.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 272).
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780700621767
- 0700621768
- OCLC:
- 557001068
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