Whatever-it-took-:-an-American-paratrooper's-extraordinary-memoir

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Whatever it took : an American paratrooper's extraordinary memoir of escape, survival, and heroism in the last days of World War II

By Langrehr, Henry, author.
DeFelice, Jim, 1956- author.

Genre Large type books.

Audience Adults

Published 2020 by Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY

ISBN 9780063040588

Bib Id 2353366

Description xii, 348 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : map, black and white portraits ; 23 cm

"As the Allied Invasion of Normandy launched in the pre-dawn hours of June 6, 1944, Henry Langrehr was among the thousands of Allies who parachuted into occupied France amid heavy anti-aircraft fire. Many of his fellow paratroopers died, but Henry miraculously survived, and with the remaining members of his unit valiantly battled enemy tanks to a standstill. On June 29, however, he was captured by the Nazis. Transported to a work camp, he made a desperate escape, setting off across southern Germany in search of his Allied brethren, knowing that he would need to do whatever it took to survive."--Page 4 of cover. ...
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9780063040588 paperback) $30.00

0063040581

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LG-PRINT 940.5481 L

Author

Langrehr, Henry, author.

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Whatever it took : an American paratrooper's extraordinary memoir of escape, survival, and heroism in the last days of World War II