All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe

All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe

by JamesMegellas (Author)

Synopsis

All the Way to Berlin traces the dramatic wartime experiences of one of the most highly decorated soldiers in the 504th Parachute Regiment of the 82d Airborne Division. Covering all the major European campaign theatres, Magellas takes us from the tragic 'Operation Shingle' landings at Anzio to the parachute drop into Holland as part of 'Operation Market Garden' that led him the bloody Battle of the Bulge and eventually the race for Berlin. - Memoir of distinguished WWII paratrooper - Insight into up front combat leadership - Includes an indepth account of the disastrous Anzio operation that decimated the 504th regiment and the famous "bridge too far" campaign of September 1944.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Publisher: Presidio Press
Published: 15 Apr 2003

ISBN 10: 0891417842
ISBN 13: 9780891417842

Author Bio
James Megellas was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. After the war he returned to civilian life. He eventually served in the U.S. Army's effort to aid the Republic of Vietnam in establishing an efficient infrastructure as head of Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS) in II Corps. He is now retired and lives with wife, Carole, near Dallas.