Paratroopers' Odyssey - A History of the 517th Parachute Combat Team

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Introductory Sections

- Dedication

- Introduction

Part One - Trial by Fire

Author's Preface

Prologue

I. Standing Alone

II. Arrividerci Roma

III. Dragoon

- D-Day

- Reinforcements

- D plus One

- Le Muy

IV. The Champagne Campaign

- The Advance to the Var

- The Fight for Col de Braus

- Sospel

- Peira Cava

V. The Ardennes - Back to the Wall

- Soissons

- Soy-Hotton (1)

- Task Force Kane

- Soy-Hotton (2)

- Manhay

IV. The Ardennes - Counterattack

- The Attack from Trois Ponts

- The Drive for St Vith

VII. Nightmare and Dawn

- Attack of Midnight 5/6 Feb

- Clearing the Minefields

- Attack of Feb 7

Epilogue

Sources

Glossary

Part Two - Memorial Section

Part Three - Photo Essay

Part Four - What Troopers Say
A. Statistics and Organization

B. Citations and Awards

Index

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