Hell's Highway: Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September - November 1944
Hell's Highway is a history, most of which has never before been written. It is adventure recorded by those who lived it and put into context by an author who was also there. It is human drama on an enormous scale, told through the personal stories of 612 contributors of written and oral accounts of the "Screaming Eagles" part in the attempt to liberate the Netherlands.

George Koskimaki was an expert in weaving together individual recollections to make a compelling and uniquely first hand account of the bravery and deprivations suffered by the troops, their hopes, fears, triumphs and tragedies as well as those of Dutch civilians caught up in the action.

There have been many books published on Operation Market Garden and there will surely be more. This book, however, gets to the heart of the action. The "big picture" which most histories paint, here is just the context for the real history on the ground.
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Hell's Highway: Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September - November 1944
Hell's Highway is a history, most of which has never before been written. It is adventure recorded by those who lived it and put into context by an author who was also there. It is human drama on an enormous scale, told through the personal stories of 612 contributors of written and oral accounts of the "Screaming Eagles" part in the attempt to liberate the Netherlands.

George Koskimaki was an expert in weaving together individual recollections to make a compelling and uniquely first hand account of the bravery and deprivations suffered by the troops, their hopes, fears, triumphs and tragedies as well as those of Dutch civilians caught up in the action.

There have been many books published on Operation Market Garden and there will surely be more. This book, however, gets to the heart of the action. The "big picture" which most histories paint, here is just the context for the real history on the ground.
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Hell's Highway: Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September - November 1944

Hell's Highway: Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September - November 1944

by George Koskimaki
Hell's Highway: Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September - November 1944

Hell's Highway: Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September - November 1944

by George Koskimaki

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Hell's Highway is a history, most of which has never before been written. It is adventure recorded by those who lived it and put into context by an author who was also there. It is human drama on an enormous scale, told through the personal stories of 612 contributors of written and oral accounts of the "Screaming Eagles" part in the attempt to liberate the Netherlands.

George Koskimaki was an expert in weaving together individual recollections to make a compelling and uniquely first hand account of the bravery and deprivations suffered by the troops, their hopes, fears, triumphs and tragedies as well as those of Dutch civilians caught up in the action.

There have been many books published on Operation Market Garden and there will surely be more. This book, however, gets to the heart of the action. The "big picture" which most histories paint, here is just the context for the real history on the ground.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781612000732
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Publication date: 12/12/2011
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 504
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

George Koskimaki was born in Michigan in 1922. While still in college, he enlisted in the Army and joined the famous 101st Airborne Division, The Screaming Eagles as a paratrooper and radio operator. After retiring, Koskimaki served as the Executive Secretary of the 101st Airborne Division Association.

He was a, teacher, military historian and author of multiple books on United States military operations in the European Theater of World War II, particularly operations carried out by the 101st Airborne Division.

He passed in 2016 at the age of 93.

Table of Contents

Glossary/U.S. Army Rankings
Foreword

1. Introductory Review
2. English Summer
3. Occupation
4. Liberation
5. Pathfinders
6. Parachute Drops
7. Glider Lifts
8. The Son Bridge
9. Eindhoven
10. The Fight for Best
11. St. Oedenrode
12. Veghel
13. 1st Battalion Moves North
14. Eerde
15. Division CP at Son
16. Black Friday
17. Send Us Some Tanks!
18. Third Road Cut
19. Behind Enemy Lines
20. Watch on the Rhine
21. Opheusden
22. Dodewaard and Hien
23. Other Memorable Experiences

Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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