You Can't Get Much Closer Than This: Combat With the 80th "Blue Ridge" Division in World War II Europe

A young soldier's memoirs of fighting in WWII: "Fascinating . . . A personal record like this is a valuable resource to anyone interested in the period"(Military Model Scene).

After the Citadel and Officer Candidate School, Andrew Z. Adkins Jr., was sent to the 80th Infantry Division, then training in the California-Arizona desert. There, he was assigned as an 81mm mortar section leader in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 317th Infantry Regiment.

When the division completed training in Decemb...