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100 1 _aBrinkley, Douglas.
245 1 0 _aVoices of valor :
_bD-Day, June 6, 1944 /
_cDouglas Brinkley and Ronald J. Drez.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bBulfinch Press,
_cc2004.
300 _a185 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c26 cm. +
_e2 sound discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Call to arms and gathering for d-day -- Launching the attack -- Battlefield isolated: help from the resistance and the SOE -- Dropping from the skies: British attack on the east flank -- Over the Atlantic wall: American airborne drop on the cotentin peninsula -- Crossing the channel: air and sea armadas -- Utah beach -- Rangers at the pointe -- 16th regiment at Omaha beach -- 116th regiment: into the jaws of hell -- British 2nd army at Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches -- Aftermath -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Photo credits.
520 _aPublished for the 60th anniversary of D-Day, this lushly illustrated volume with audio CDs presents gripping, firsthand accounts of the Normandy invasion with a central narrative by one of America's preeminent historians. A compelling compilation of firsthand accounts of the Normandy invasion presents forty remarkable oral histories that recount the events and experiences of D-Day from the perspectives of the veterans themselves, accompanied by a selection of interviews on CD.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xCampaigns
_zFrance
_zNormandy.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xCampaigns
_zFrance
_zNormandy
_vPersonal narratives.
650 0 _aOral history.
650 1 _aBooks on compact disc.
700 1 _aDrez, Ronald J.,
_d1940-
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0742/2003115133-b.html
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