Omaha Beach and Beyond: The Long March of Sergeant Bob Slaughter.

Kershaw, Alex Slaughter John Robert;.

ISBN 10: 0760337349 / ISBN 13: 9780760337349

Published by Zenith Press, 2009

About this Item

Softcover, minor curl to front cover, pages lightly tanning and solid binding, a nice copy.

Seller Inventory # 210156

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Omaha Beach and Beyond: The Long March of Sergeant Bob Slaughter.
• Publisher: Zenith Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0760337349
• ISBN 13: 9780760337349
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very good

About this title

Synopsis

"Slaughter vividly conveys the reality of combat during World War II in his book with sweeping passages that literally place his reader on the battlefield beside him." Belvoir Eagle

Before D-Day, regular army soldiers called the National Guardsmen of Virginia's 116th Infantry Regiment "Home Nannies" and "Weekend Warriors" and worse. On June 6, 1944, on Omaha Beach, however, these proud Virginians who carried the legacy of the famed Stonewall Brigade showed the regular army and the world what true valor really was. In this moving World War II memoir, the author captures the life of GI Joe from pre-Pearl Harbor days through training, deployment overseas, and more training. All leads up to D-Day and Normandy on June 6, 1944, when Sergeant Bob Slaughter came across Omaha Beach with Company D of the 116th Infantry and the Bedford Boys.

About the Author

John Robert Slaughter enlisted in the Virginia National Guard well before Pearl Harbor in early 1941 at the age of sixteen. A veteran jopurnalist, he retired from the Roanoke Times in 1987. Active in veteran affairs for many years, Slaughter then began to work for the creation of a memorial to commemorate the sacrifice of the American soldiers at Normandy. On June 6, 2001, the National D-Day Memorial was dedicated. Bob Slaughter lives in Roanoke, Virginia.