Unless Victory Comes: Combat With a World War II Machine Gunner in Patton's Third Army
Garrison, Gene,Gilbert, Patrick
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Language: English
Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 2007
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- Title
- Unless Victory Comes: Combat With a World War II Machine Gunner in Patton's Third Army
- Author
- Garrison, Gene,Gilbert, Patrick
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0451222245
- ISBN 13
- 9780451222244
A vivid, boots-on-the-ground memoir of World War II by an infantryman in General Patton’s army, from the Battle of the Bulge to Germany’s defeat
On December 19, 1944, Gene Garrison turned nineteen. He spent his birthday in a muddy foxhole, listening to the cries of wounded comrades while exploding artillery shells sent shrapnel raining down on him and the enemy prepared to attack. It was his first day in combat.
Unless Victory Comes recounts Garrison's journey as he was transformed from a fresh-faced kid from the farmlands of Ohio into a hardened soldier fighting for survival. From his baptism under fire, to the bitter fighting in the frozen Ardennes forest during Hitler’s last desperate push, to the end of the war on the Czechoslovakian border, Gene Garrison witnessed the war from the ground up. This is the story of one young man, far from home, surrounded by strangers, facing death yet never losing hope that he would live to see his family again.
On December 19, 1944, Gene Garrison turned nineteen. He spent his birthday in a muddy foxhole, listening to the cries of wounded comrades while exploding artillery shells sent shrapnel raining down on him and the enemy prepared to attack. It was his first day in combat.
Unless Victory Comes recounts Garrison's journey as he was transformed from a fresh-faced kid from the farmlands of Ohio into a hardened soldier fighting for survival. From his baptism under fire, to the bitter fighting in the frozen Ardennes forest during Hitler’s last desperate push, to the end of the war on the Czechoslovakian border, Gene Garrison witnessed the war from the ground up. This is the story of one young man, far from home, surrounded by strangers, facing death yet never losing hope that he would live to see his family again.
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About the Author
Gene Garrison retired after a 30-year career with the Department of the Air Force.
Patrick Gilbert has worked as a journalist and editor for 35 years, and was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Author website: unlessvictorycomes.com.
Patrick Gilbert has worked as a journalist and editor for 35 years, and was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Author website: unlessvictorycomes.com.
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