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Sixty Days in Combat
An Infantryman's Memoir of World War II in Europe
by Dean Joy
ISBN: 0891418393
ISBN-13: 9780891418399
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published date: 2004
Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 0.85 pounds
Pages: 336
Publisher's Notes
“The infantryman’s war is . . . without the slightest doubt the dirtiest, roughest job of them all.”
He went in as a military history buff, a virgin, and a teetotaler. He came out with a war bride, a taste for German beer, and intimate knowledge of one of the darkest parts of history. His name is Dean Joy, and this was his war.
For two months in 1945, Joy endured and survived the everyday deprivations and dangers of being a frontline infantryman. His amazingly detailed memoir, self-illustrated with numerous scenes Joy remembers from his time in Europe, brings back the sights, sounds, and smells of the experience as few books ever have. Here is the story of a young man who dreamed of flying fighter aircraft and instead was chosen to be cannon fodder in France and Germany . . . who witnessed the brutality of Nazis killing Allied medics by using the cross on their helmets as targets . . . and who narrowly escaped being wounded or killed in several “near miss” episodes, the last of which occurred on his last day of combat.
Sixty Days in Combat re-creates all the drama of the “dogface’s” fight, a time that changed one young man in a war that changed the world.
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Sixty Days in Combat: An Infantryman's Memoir of World War II in Europe
Dean Joy
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Joy, Dean P
Presidio Press, 2004. Trade paperback. New. No dust jacket as issued. This brand new book comes from a smoke free environment, and will be shipped in a padded envelope. 288 p.; 0.61" x 9.06" x 6.20". Includes Illustrations. ( more information) Offered by Peroba (United States)
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Sixty Days in Combat: An Infantryman's Memoir of World War II in Europe
Joy, Dean P
Presidio Press, 2004. Trade paperback. New. No dust jacket as issued. This brand new book comes from a smoke free environment, and will be shipped in a padded envelope. 288 p.; 0.61" x 9.06" x 6.20". Includes Illustrations. ( more information) Offered by Peroba (United States)
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Sixty Days in Combat: An Infantryman's Memoir of World War II in Europe
Joy, Dean P
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 2004 Unread paperback which graphically re-creates the drama of the "dogface's" fight, a time that changed one man in a war that changed the world. Slightest signs of storage, 265 pages including epilogue. Next post disaptch from the UK.. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by YesterYear Books (United Kingdom)
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