Birth of a Regiment: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Sicily and Salerno

...Drawing on hundreds of eye-witness testimonies, Frank van Lunteren puts readers at the scene of historic battles as described in the words of the men who fought them. New archival sources in English, German, and Italian further enrich the narrative, along with fresh maps and previously unpublished photographs from archival sources and the veterans' private collections.

Activated in May 1942, the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment earned high praise for its very first mission when it effect...