We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers by Marcus Brotherton

Author:Marcus Brotherton [Brotherton, Marcus]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: General, History, United States, War, World War; 1939-1945, World War II, Military, Biography & Autobiography, Soldiers, Military Personal Narratives, Military History, Veterans, Personal Narratives; American, Campaigns, History - Military, Military - United States, Soldiers - United States, Military - World War II, Military - Veterans, World War II - Europe, World War; 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Western Front, World War; 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States, United States - Parachute troops, Regimental histories, Western Front, Warfare & defence
ISBN: 9780425227633
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
Published: 2009-05-05T04:00:00+00:00

Earl McClung

The Island meant patrols. It was strictly a holding position. The Germans were across the river on the high ground, so you didn’t move in the daylight. If you sneezed, they were on you with an 88. You moved at night. The 101st Airborne Division was attached to the British XII Corps, and the British were making the calls. Our position didn’t make too much sense, at least to me, but that’s what we did.

I think everybody was getting plenty of sleep. We were sleeping in barns and buildings. But we were wet all the time, so a bath or a change of socks would have been great, but we didn’t have that, either. It was a long time to be under fire, but the guys stood up pretty good, I thought.

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