Has anyone read this book? It appears to be a memoir bt an engineer in N/W Europe. It was published in 1987. I've also come two others, by a Mark...
Thanks for those. I'm intrigued in particular by the first one and will keep an eye out for it. As a matter of interest, is there a site that...
Yikes!! Sorry about the formatting above. I've done a fair bit of 'cut and pasting' in my research but it was all tidied up, here it's all...
I've been doing a lot of research on memoirs written by US soldiers and I wondered whether any readers here might be able to help with more...
In The Sharp End by Ellis I think, he wrote that three Commonwealth soldiers died of snake bite in WW2. It may have just been UK servicemen though...
I liked Burgin's book. If you want to read my detailed thoughts click here - Amazon.com: Profile For John E. Larsen: Reviews With 'The Pacific'...
I've thought about it some more. In fact, last nights double episode here was so intense I lay awake for an hour or two dwelling on it. I think...
Well i've seen the three Peleliu episodes now and all I can say is - stunning! It is the most graphic depiction of war ever on TV. I'm perplexed...
Yeah, they seem to be pretty obscure. While they're on the Amazon database there's precious few, if any, reviews and these tend to be too brief....
OK what about these? Blackhawk Mission: From Europe to the Pacific in World War II by Chuck "Bernie" Bernstein STORIES FROM THE PACIFIC: THE...
Hi, I've been reading a lot of US WW2 memoirs and I'm trying to work out which ones to buy next. To help I'm wondering if anyone knows anything...
It is a very powerful book. I've done a fair bit of reading about it and for what's it worth I conclude that Sajer (not his current name) was...
Yes Borders is fantastic. There has been one in 'town' for a few years but they just opened a new one at the shoppingcentre near me. It is just...
I haven't read Brune's book but I remember it seemed thick with the recollections of veterans - which is a great thing. I think I'd recently read...
I've got some reasonably extensive notes on memoirs but nothing about this one. What's the reference that put you onto it? What's the authors...
Yes, 'Goodbye Darkness' is excellent - that guy can write! He was a proffessional author after the war, he wrote extensively on the Kennedys and...
Hi, I'm John, I have just joined up here. I too have a big interest in memoirs. Among many German and British ones, I'd read a few US ETO ones,...
