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Author	Kershaw, Alex.
Title	The liberator : one World War II soldier's 500-day odyssey from the beaches of Sicily to the gates of Dachau / Alex Kershaw.
Publication Info.	New York : Crown Publishers, c2012.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 2	940.542 K	IN LIBRARY

Edition	1st ed.
Description	433 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-418) and index.
Contents	The graves -- The dust bowl -- The West -- Off to war -- Italy -- Sicily -- The race for Messina -- Mountain country -- Anzio -- Danger ahead -- Hell broke loose -- A blood-dimmed tide -- The Battle of the Caves -- Crossing the line -- The bitch-head -- The breakout -- Rome -- France -- Day 401 -- The Champagne Campaign -- The Vosges -- Germany -- Black December -- The breaking point -- Defeat -- The river -- The Siegfried Line -- Cassino on the Main -- Downfall -- The heart of darkness -- The day of the Americans -- The hounds of hell -- The coal yard -- The Linden incident -- The long day closes -- Last battles -- The last days -- Victory in Europe -- Peace breaks out -- The last battle.
Subject	Sparks, Felix Laurence, 1917-2007.
	United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 157th. Battalion, 3rd.
	United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy.
Added Title	One World War II soldier's 500-day odyssey from the beaches of Sicily to the gates of Dachau
ISBN	9780307887993 (hbk.)
	0307887995 (hbk.)
	9780307888013 (eISBN)

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