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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781612001005
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Fighting with the Filthy Thirteen : the World War II Story of Jack Womer-Ranger and Paratrooper
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military / United States, Military
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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In 2004 the world was first introduced to The Filthy Thirteen, a book describing the most notorious squad of fighting men in the 101st Airborne Division (and the inspiration for the movie "The Dirty Dozen"). In this long awaited work one of the squad's integral members--and probably its best soldier--reveals his own inside account of fighting as a spearhead of the Screaming Eagles in Normandy, Market Garden, and the Battle of the Bulge. Jack Womer was originally a member of the 29th Infantry Division and was selected to be part of its elite Ranger battalion. But after a year of grueling training under the eyes of British Commando instructors, the 29th Rangers were suddenly dissolved. Bitterly disappointed, Womer asked for transfer to another elite unit, the Screaming Eagles, where room was found for him among the division's most miscreant squad of brawlers, drunkards, and goof-offs. Beginning on June 6, 1944, however, the Filthy Thirteen began proving themselves more a menace to the German Army than they had been to their own officers and the good people of England, embarking on a year-of ferocious combat at the very tip of the Allied advance in Europe. In this work, with the help of Stephen DeVito, Jack provides an amazingly frank look at close-quarters combat in Europe, as well as the almost surreal experience of dust-bowl-era GI's entering country after country in their grapple with the Wehrmacht, finally ending up in Hitler's mountaintop lair in Germany itself. Throughout his fights, Jack Womer credited his Ranger/Commando training for helping him to survive, even though most of the rest of the Filthy Thirteen did not. And in the end he found the reward he had most coveted all along: being able to return to his fianc e Theresa back in the States.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Case Mate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
ISBN-10
1612001009
ISBN-13
9781612001005
eBay Product ID (ePID)
112918459
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fighting with the Filthy Thirteen : the World War II Story of Jack Womer-Ranger and Paratrooper
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / United States, Military
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.1in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
D811
Reviews
...provides a frank look at close quarters combat in Europe, as well as the almost surreal experience of Dust Bowl era GI's entering country after country in their grapple with the Wehrmacht, finally ending up in Hitler's mountain top lair..., Co-author Stephen Devito did a great job of interviewing Womer and putting his stories into a first person narrative. The book gives the feel of a veteran telling the actions of his youth... I recommend this well-written and interesting book, In this long awaited memoir by one of the squad's integral members, Jack Womer reveals his own inside account of fighting as a spearhead of the Screaming Eagles in Normandy, Holland, and the Battle of the Bulge. His induction, unique training, combat experiences, emotional and psychological impact on Womer are all chronicled in this fascinating account. Womer provides an amazing frank look at close-quarters combat in Europe, as well as the almost surreal experience of dust-bowl-era GIs entertaining country after country in their grapple with the Wehrmacht, finally ending up in triumph in Hitler's mountaintop lair in Germany itself., Jack Womer's story is entertaining, honest and forthright, just like the man. He does not shrink from describing what actually happened although occasionaly one suspects just a hint of artistic licence. However, there is nothing which is unbelievable given the chaotic and random nature of war., In this long awaited memoir by one of the squad's integral members, Jack Womer reveals his own inside account of fighting as a spearhead of the Screaming Eagles in Normandy, Holland, and the Battle of the Bulge. His induction, unique training, combat experiences, emotional and psychological impact on Womer are all chronicled in this fascinating account.Womer provides an amazing frank look at close-quarters combat in Europe, as well as the almost surreal experience of dust-bowl-era GIs entertaining country after country in their grapple with the Wehrmacht, finally ending up in triumph in Hitler's mountaintop lair in Germany itself., This is a very personal account of some tough men facing tough combat, giving a good feel for infantry action at squad level.
Table of Content
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE 506TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY PRAYER 1. MY EARLY YEARS 2. FIRST JOBS 3. MEETING MISS THERESA COOK: MY FUTURE BRIDE 4. THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II 5. DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY: PRIVATE JACK WOMER 6. BECOMING A STAGE PERFORMER 7. WAR GAMES IN THE CAROLINAS 8. THE JAPANESE ATTACK PEARL HARBOR 9. OFF TO EUROPE TO FIGHT HITLER 10. ARRIVING IN ENGLAND: FIRST IMPRESSIONS 11. VOLUNTEERING TO BECOME AN ARMY RANGER 12. OFF TO SCOTLAND 13. CAUSING TROUBLE IN DUNDALK! 14. BACK TO ENGLAND, AS RANGERS 15. RANGERS NO MORE 16. THE MAKING OF A PARATROOPER 1, 2, 3! 17. BECOMING ONE OF THE "FILTHY THIRTEEN" 18. LIFE AT THE WILLS' MANOR ESTATE, LITTLECOTE, WILTSHIRE 19. AN ENCOUNTER WITH WINSTON CHURCHILL 20. PRELUDE TO OVERLORD: THE INVASION OF FRANCE 21. D-DAY MISSION DISCLOSED 22. THE INVASION IS ON ! 23. OFF TO A BAD START: JAMES GREEN'S PARACHUTE 24. D-DAY 25. D-DAY PLUS ONE 26. NO TIME TO CRY 27. GOO-GOO AND PEEPNUTS ARE KILLED 28. CARENTAN--A RED ROSE FOR A SOLDIER 29. BACK TO ENGLAND 30. OPERATION MARKET-GARDEN: THE BATTLE FOR HOLLAND 31. THE JUMP INTO HOLLAND 32. EINDHOVEN 33. THE KILLING OF CORPORAL JOSEPH J. OLESKIEWICZ. 34. LIFE IN HOLLAND 35. GOODBYE TO HOLLAND 36. ON TO BASTOGNE: THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE 37. A USELESS REPLACEMENT 38. MIKE MARQUEZ AND THE SCREAMING MEE-MEES 39. CHRISTMAS DAY, 1944 40. STAYING WITH CIVILIANS 41. OH THOSE NINETY-DAY WONDERS! 42. TO THE FATHERLAND! 43. LIVING WITH THE ENEMY 44. THE WAR IN EUROPE IS OVER! 45. THE LAST PATROL 46. GOING HOME 47. SETTLING BACK INTO CIVILIAN LIFE 48. BRINGING PEACE TO THE HALE FAMILY 49. THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2011-279448
Dewey Decimal
940.548173
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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