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The American First Army, commanded by Omar Bradley, would land on the two westernmost beaches, Utah and Omaha. The British Second Army, commanded by General Sir Miles “Bimbo” Dempsey, would send troops ashore at Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches. Each beach would constitute a corps area. The U.S. VII Corps under J. Lawton “Lightning Joe” Collins would
... See moreJean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
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is Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 (Luttrell 2007).
David Tucker • United States Special Operations Forces
There are many shades in the danger of adventures and gales, and it is only now and then that there appears on the face of facts a sinister violence of intention—that indefinable something which forces it upon the mind and the heart of a man, that this complication of accidents or these elemental furies are coming at him with a purpose of malice,
... See moreJon Krakauer • Into Thin Air
In the long nights when there was little to do father had time to think. That was his undoing.