Gardner, Ian <br/><br/>
Tonight we die as men :  the untold story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Toccoa to D-Day / 
Ian Gardner & Roger Day ; foreword by Ed Shames. 
 - Oxford ;  Long Island City, New York :  Osprey,  2010. 
 - vii, 344 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :   illustrations, maps ;   20 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: 2009. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-235) and index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword		1	(2)<br/>Ed Shames<br/>Preface		3	(2)<br/>Acknowledgements		5	(3)<br/>Introduction		8	(8)<br/>1 "Hit it - 13 weeks of pain"<br/>Creation of the 506th PIR<br/>16	(16)<br/>2 "Time, gentlemen, please"<br/>The 506th at Ramsbury, UK<br/>32	(39)<br/>3 "Here's to your dog tags"<br/>Preparations for D-Day<br/>71	(32)<br/>4 "Jump into the fight"<br/>Operation Overlord begins<br/>103	(20)<br/>5 "God, let me live `til morning"<br/>D-Night part 1<br/>123	(33)<br/>6 "For Christ's sake, let's go"<br/>D-Night part 2<br/>156	(24)<br/>7 "A real feeling of victory"<br/>D-Day - June 6, 1944<br/>180	(26)<br/>8 "No word from 3rd Battalion, 506th PIR"<br/>D-Day + 1<br/>206	(24)<br/>9 "A pitiful sight"<br/>D-Day + 2<br/>230	(14)<br/>10 "Don't shoot, we're Americans"<br/>Regrouping and consolidation<br/>244	(12)<br/>11 "Still an American paratrooper"<br/>POWs and counterattacks<br/>256	(25)<br/>12 "I ain't dead yet"<br/>The battle of Bloody Gully, June 13, 1944<br/>281	(19)<br/>13 "Things are pretty calm right now"<br/>Operations on the Main Line of Resistance<br/>300	(23)<br/>14 "Go on, Yank, have a drink"<br/>Return to Ramsbury<br/>323	(10)<br/>Epilogue		333	(1)<br/>Bibliography		334	(2)<br/>Index		336	 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781849084369 (pbk.) 184908436X (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010513509 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB068227  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015567312  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army.  Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th.  Battalion, 3rd --History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.<br/>Guerra mundial II, 1939-1945 --Campañas --Francia <br/>Guerra mundial II, 1939-1945 --Operaciones aéreas <br/>Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 --Historias de regimientos 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D 769.348  / G227t 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.541273