This is the thrilling, true story of the 101st Airborne Division. From their rigorous training in England to their first operational jump in Normandy, Whiting tells the story of this Band of Brothers, who fought, suffered, and died in the 11-month campaign that followed.
This is the thrilling, true story of the 101st Airborne Division. From their rigorous training in England to their first operational jump in Normandy,...
Eddie Slovik, a 24-year-old Polish-American, petty thief and ex-con, was the only Allied soldier to be shot for desertion during World War II. Whiting reveals that Slovik was not an innocent victim. He also reveals another secret: the man who would approve Slovik's death sentence, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, was also under a sentence of death that winter himself.
Eddie Slovik, a 24-year-old Polish-American, petty thief and ex-con, was the only Allied soldier to be shot for desertion during World War II. Whiting...
