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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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford ; Long Island City, New York : Osprey, 2010.Description: vii, 344 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781849084369 (pbk.)
  • 184908436X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.541273
LOC classification:
  • D 769.348 G227t 2010
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Contents:
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
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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

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