Author: Glover S. Johns Jr.; Joseph Balkoski (Other)
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: Glover S. Johns Jr.; Joseph Balkoski (Other)
: Stackpole Military History Ser.
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Description
This classic of military history tells the exciting story of the fall of St. L , the first major objective of the invading American armies in Normandy in June of 1944. Although St. L was intended to be taken within days of the landing, stubborn German resistance postponed the town's fall until July 18.- Describes the bloody action that took place in the thirty days of fighting- Author recalls how he led his battalion, dubbed "The Indestructible Clay Pigeons"