Etched in Purple: One Soldier's War in Europe

First published in 1949, Frank J. Irgang's personal record of his unforgettable experiences as a combat infantryman during World War II has its beginning on the dawn of that famous "longest day" when Allied troops set foot on Normandy beaches. We know the surface facts of that invasion-what was planned, how it was executed, and what happened-but what most of us don't know are the thoughts of those brave men who fought their way across France and into Germany. What were they thinking? How di...