Description

392 pages

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

WHY I FIGHT!

THE INFANTRY DIVISION

THE UNITS 

END OF A LONG ROAD

ACTIVATION

The New 88th

TRAINING

The Cookson Hills

Louisiana Maneuvers 

Is This the Army?

Liberty Ships

What Kept You?

Playing for Keeps

THE QUIET WAR

Cassino

Minturno

The Buildup

THE FIRST TEST

ROME

DUST AND MINES

THE GOTHIC LINE

THE WINTER LINE

THE PO VALLEY

POW COMMAND

No Vacations

Redeployment

Information and Education

OCCUPATION

BATTLE CASUALTIES

DECORATIONS AND AWARDS

BATTLE HONORS.

OUTLINE OF POW COMMAND ACTIVITIES

ROUTE OF THE BLUE DEVILS

THE JUMPOFF

THE ROAD TO ROME

TO THE ARNO

THROUGH THE GOTHlC LINE

INTO THE PO VALLEY

OCCUPATION FORCE IN VENEZIA – GIULIA