Etched in Purple

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War II, Biography & Memoir, Historical
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Author: Frank J. Irgang ISBN: 9781597973533
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc. Publication: April 30, 2008
Imprint: Potomac Books Inc. Language: English
Author: Frank J. Irgang
ISBN: 9781597973533
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Publication: April 30, 2008
Imprint: Potomac Books Inc.
Language: English
First published in 1949, Frank J. Irgangs personal record of his unforgettable experiences as a combat infantryman during World War II has its beginning on the dawn of that famous longest day when Allied troops set foot on Normandy beaches. We know the surface facts of that invasionwhat was planned, how it was executed, and what happenedbut what most of us dont know are the thoughts of those brave men who fought their way across France and into Germany. What were they thinking? How did they meet the terror of each new day?

In this revealing look at a young American soldiers European tour of duty, the inner facts we have wanted to discover are found. And they are revealed truthfully and with a freshness of reality that would be impossible to recapture unless the observations had been jotted down, as they were, soon after the events took place. Irgangs keen eye, his unliterary terseness, his sometimes blunt way of stating brutal truthsall these contribute toward making this book more than one mans record of the war. In its unpretentiousness, Etched in Purple says vividly and powerfully what hundreds of other soldiers would have said had they found a means of expression: that World War II would always be etched in purple in their memories.
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First published in 1949, Frank J. Irgangs personal record of his unforgettable experiences as a combat infantryman during World War II has its beginning on the dawn of that famous longest day when Allied troops set foot on Normandy beaches. We know the surface facts of that invasionwhat was planned, how it was executed, and what happenedbut what most of us dont know are the thoughts of those brave men who fought their way across France and into Germany. What were they thinking? How did they meet the terror of each new day?

In this revealing look at a young American soldiers European tour of duty, the inner facts we have wanted to discover are found. And they are revealed truthfully and with a freshness of reality that would be impossible to recapture unless the observations had been jotted down, as they were, soon after the events took place. Irgangs keen eye, his unliterary terseness, his sometimes blunt way of stating brutal truthsall these contribute toward making this book more than one mans record of the war. In its unpretentiousness, Etched in Purple says vividly and powerfully what hundreds of other soldiers would have said had they found a means of expression: that World War II would always be etched in purple in their memories.

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