TY - BOOK AU - Gardner,Ian AU - Day,Roger TI - Tonight we die as men: the untold story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Toccoa to D-Day SN - 9781849084369 (pbk.) AV - D 769.348 G227t 2010 U1 - 940.541273 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford, Long Island City, New York PB - Osprey KW - United States KW - Army KW - Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th KW - Battalion, 3rd KW - History KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Campaigns KW - France KW - Normandy KW - Aerial operations, American KW - Regimental histories KW - Guerra mundial II, 1939-1945 KW - Campañas KW - Francia KW - Operaciones aéreas KW - Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 KW - Historias de regimientos N1 - Originally published: 2009; Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-235) and index; Foreword 1 (2) Ed Shames Preface 3 (2) Acknowledgements 5 (3) Introduction 8 (8) 1 "Hit it - 13 weeks of pain" Creation of the 506th PIR 16 (16) 2 "Time, gentlemen, please" The 506th at Ramsbury, UK 32 (39) 3 "Here's to your dog tags" Preparations for D-Day 71 (32) 4 "Jump into the fight" Operation Overlord begins 103 (20) 5 "God, let me live `til morning" D-Night part 1 123 (33) 6 "For Christ's sake, let's go" D-Night part 2 156 (24) 7 "A real feeling of victory" D-Day - June 6, 1944 180 (26) 8 "No word from 3rd Battalion, 506th PIR" D-Day + 1 206 (24) 9 "A pitiful sight" D-Day + 2 230 (14) 10 "Don't shoot, we're Americans" Regrouping and consolidation 244 (12) 11 "Still an American paratrooper" POWs and counterattacks 256 (25) 12 "I ain't dead yet" The battle of Bloody Gully, June 13, 1944 281 (19) 13 "Things are pretty calm right now" Operations on the Main Line of Resistance 300 (23) 14 "Go on, Yank, have a drink" Return to Ramsbury 323 (10) Epilogue 333 (1) Bibliography 334 (2) Index 336 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy12pdf01/2010513509.html ER -