With the 101st
Airborne Division from Normandy to Bastogne. Engaging inside story of the 401st
Gilder Infantry in WWII * Covers fighting in Normandy, The Netherlands and the Ardennes * Includes vivid first hand accounts of life as a
POW.
"From one former
Screaming Eagle to another, an excellent book and a real credit to the story of
the 101st Airborne Division during the cold days and nights of Winter 1944,
leading to Victory in Europe (VE) day." – The NCO Journal (USA)
"Highly
recommended" – Military Modelcraft International
"The understated
heroism of Bowen and his comrades shines through his humility and candour." –
Air and Space Power Journal (USA)
Robert Bowen
found himself drafted into Company C, 401st Glider Infantry, 101st Airborne
Division, as World War II broke out, and soon afterwards found himself storming
ashore amid the chaos on Utah Beach, through unfamiliar terrain littered with
minefields and hidden snipers. He was wounded during the Normandy campaign but went on to fight in Holland and the Ardennes
where he was captured and his ‘trip through hell’ truly began. Written shortly
after the war, Bowen’s narrative is immediate, direct and compelling. His
account, one of the few by a member of a glider regiment, is a brutal insight
into the battlefields of World War II and a vivid recreation of just what life
was like in an elite unit. From the horror of D-Day and the despair of
captivity, to the taste of C Rations and the fear of soldiers under fire, this
memoir tells the full story of one man’s total war.
