Author : Guy Carleton Whidden
Release : 2009
Genre : World War, 1939-1945
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 431/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Between the Lines and Beyond by : Guy Carleton Whidden
Download or read book Between the Lines and Beyond written by Guy Carleton Whidden. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recounts the author's experiences as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne in World War II through letters written home to his mother. As the title suggests, Guy's censored letters often forced his family to read "between the lines" to figure out the many subtle messages he was sending. Through these letters and Guy's narrative, we relive many of his experiences: Army training and the voyage to England on the S.S. Strathnaver; his historic jumps into Normandy on D-Day and into Holland during Operation Market Garden; and being seriously wounded by a German mortar shell that killed two of his friends nearly causing his own leg to be amputated. These letters show the progression of a young man as he grew in maturity and the resilience of the true and honorable soldier that emerged.