GI: The US Infantryman in World War II ). This item is unavailable.GI: The US Infantryman in World War II )

This book focuses on the US Army combat infantryman fighting in different war theaters. Wars are won and lost in the trenches and examining soldiers' lives assists in understanding larger scale unit operations and strategy. Each vignette focuses on one individual, with the experiences of the many woven into an intricate and meticulous narrative that exposes the reader to a soldier's daily life, from initial entry, through training, combat with the soldier fighting day to day just to see the sun come up, being wounded and going home. This is an individual participant's experience had he recorded it. Combining Warrior 45, 53 and 56, as well as a new vignette on an infantryman in the Southwest Pacific, this book is a great value special edition.

Robert S. Rush PhD is a retired Command Sergeant Major, who served as an Airborne Ranger Infantryman in the US Army from 1969 to 1999. He has worked as a historian to several key policy review teams for the United States Army as well as deployed to Iraq as a command historian. He is the author of 'The Soldier's Guide' 5-7th Editions and the NCO Guide 6-9th Editions, as well as numerous magazine articles. His PhD focused on US and German units in the Hurtgen Forest, Fall 1944; which was later published by University Press of Kansas as Hell in Hürtgen Forest: The Ordeal and Triumph of an American Infantry Regiment.