Voices of valor : D-Day, June 6, 1944 / Douglas Brinkley and Ronald J. Drez.
Published for the 60th anniversary of D-Day, this lushly illustrated volume with audio CDs presents gripping, firsthand accounts of the Normandy invasion with a central narrative by one of America's preeminent historians. A compelling compilation of firsthand accounts of the Normandy invasion presents forty remarkable oral histories that recount the events and experiences of D-Day from the perspectives of the veterans themselves, accompanied by a selection of interviews on CD.
Record details
- ISBN: 0821228897
- ISBN: 9780821228890
- Physical Description: 185 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm + 2 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : Bulfinch Press, [2004]
- Copyright: ©2004
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction -- Call to arms and gathering for d-day -- Launching the attack -- Battlefield isolated: help from the resistance and the SOE -- Dropping from the skies: British attack on the east flank -- Over the Atlantic wall: American airborne drop on the cotentin peninsula -- Crossing the channel: air and sea armadas -- Utah beach -- Rangers at the pointe -- 16th regiment at Omaha beach -- 116th regiment: into the jaws of hell -- British 2nd army at Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches -- Aftermath -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Photo credits.
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 940.5421 BRI w/2 CDs (Text) | 36015000650693 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | 940.54 BRI (Text) | 80605000860931 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Belhaven Public Library | 940.54 (Text) | 38344101066791 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Canton Library | 940.542 (Text) | 33115005724254 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Charles H. Stone Memorial Library | 940.542 BRI (Text) | 30665100330855 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | 940.54 BRI (Text) | 22281500051730 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Eden Library | 940.5421 B (Text) | 31554007392490 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | 940.542 B (Text) | 0112513072176 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Halifax Main Library | 940.5421 BRINKLEY HAL (Text) | 01011700003940 | Adult Nonfiction | On holds shelf | - |
| Hoke County Public Library | 940.54 B (Text) | 28198000374561 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
