GLIDER COMMENTARIES, Vol. 2 A Fort Benning Monograph

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GLIDER COMMENTARIES, Vol. 2 A Fort Benning Monograph, edited and annotated by Roger R. Reynolds

Size: 8.5″ x 11″
Illustrations: approximately 545 maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Pages: 148 pages
Price: $25

These two volumes are army studies of small scale operations of US glider troops in WWII. This volume includes:
1.) Operations of Company G, 187th Glider Infantry (11th Airborne Division) in the breakthrough to the Ormoc Corridor, 22-23 December 1944.
2.) Operations of the Los Banos Force,1st Battalion, 511th Parachute Infantry and 1st Battalion, 188th Glider Infantry .
3.) Operations of thee 17th Airborne Division in the Crossing of the Rhine River, 24 March 1945, Operation Varsity.
4.) Operations of Company G, 187th Glider Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division, in the Attack on Nicolas Field, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 13-15 February 1945.
5.) Operations of the 1st Platoon, Company B, 401st Glider Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, in the Battle of Bastogne, Belgium, 25 December 1944.|
6.) Operations of the 82nd Airborne Division Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division, in the Airborne Landings near Ste., Mere Eglise, France, 6-8 June 1944.