First Across the Rhine: The 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in France, Belgium, and Germany
Pergrin, David E.; Hammel, Eric
Language: English
Published by Pacifica Press, 1989
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- Title
- First Across the Rhine: The 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in France, Belgium, and Germany
- Author
- Pergrin, David E.; Hammel, Eric
- Publisher
- Pacifica Press
- Publication year
- 1989
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0689120338
- ISBN 13
- 9780689120336
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 693.996 grams
- Dimensions
- 3.81 centimeters width by 24.77 centimeters height by 16.51 centimeters depth
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Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Why did the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion stand its ground during the Battle of the Bulge when many combat and support outfits broke and fled? According to Pergrin, former commanding officer, pride, morale, training, and leadership caused the 291st to be named the premier engineer battalion in Europe in World War II. The battalion built the first bridge over the Rhine in the face of murderous enemy fire. Their stubborn stand during the Bulge enabled the U.S. First Army to reform and decisively counterattack. The 291st's part in the Bulge has been described in Janice Holt Giles's The Damned Engineers (LJ 7/70) and in the G.I. Journal of Sergeant Giles, which she edited ( LJ 5/1/65). Pergrin's work traces the history of the battalion from its formation and training through the campaigns in France, Belgium, and Germany. An exciting, well-written book that belongs in every World War II collection.
- Stanley Itkin, Hillside P.L., New Hyde Park, N.Y.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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