Title The dead and those about to die : D-Day : the Big Red One at Omaha Beach / John C. McManus

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LOCATION	CALL NO.	STATUS
Bangor Pub. Lib. Stacks	940.54 .M227d	AVAILABLE
Maine State Lib. Stacks	OFFSITE 940.54214 M167d 2014	AVAILABLE

Phys Descr	367 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note	BPL: Given in memory of Merrill "Pappy" Bradford.
	Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index
Contents	Background -- Intentions -- H-hour -- Survivors -- Brass -- Reinforcements -- Inland -- Support -- Beachhead -- Meaning
Summary	Provides a detailed, harrowing account of the D-Day assault on Omaha Beach from the perspective of the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division as well as from the Gap Assault Team engineers who dealt with mines and other dangerous obstacles
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy
	United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st -- History -- 20th century
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
Alt Title	D-Day : the Big Red One at Omaha
OCLC #	861208244
ISBN #	9780451415295
	0451415299