LEADER 03341cam a2200445 a 4500001 101420 005 20240621154007.0 008 050127s2004 nyua 000 0aeng d 010 2004301434 020 0891418393 035 (OCoLC)ocm54514848 035 101420 042 lccopycat 043 e------n-us--- 049 LHMA 040 BKL |beng |erda |cBKL |dDLC |dVVC |dUNA |dLHM 050 00 D769.3 71st |b.J69 2004 100 1 Joy, Dean P., |d1924- 245 10 Sixty days in combat : |ban infantryman's memoir of World War II in Europe / |cDean P. Joy. 246 30 Infantryman's memoir of World War II in Europe 250 First edition. 264 1 New York : |bBallantine Books, |c2004. 300 xv, 265 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 505 0 Pt. 1. Reluctant volunteer: June 12, 1942, to March 6, 1945. From college freshman to Army draftee: June 12, 1942 through July 2, 1943 -- The U.S. Army Air Corps: July through September 1943 -- The ASTP at Moscow: October 1943 to March 1944 -- Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation: April and May 1944 -- Fort Benning: May 25, 1944 to January 11, 1945 -- Camp Kilmer and the USS General Tasker Bliss: January 12 to February 6, 1945 -- Le Havre, Camp Old Gold and the ancient smell of France: February 6 to March 6, 1945 -- pt. 2. Combat infantryman: March 6 to 11, 1945. The front at skyline drive: Sunday, March 11, 1945 -- First time under fire: Sunday, March 11, 1945 -- First fire missions: Monday, March 12, 1945 -- First casualties and close contacts with the enemy: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, March 13, 14, and 15, 1945 -- Through the minefield to the Siegfried Line: Friday, March 16, through Thursday, March 22, 1945 -- Carnage at Pirmasens: Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24, 1945 -- The battle for Germersheim and Lingenfeld: Sunday, March 25, 1945 -- Postmortem on the Rhine, and transfer to Patton's Third Army : Monday, March 26, through Saturday, March 31, 1945 -- Budinger Wald and the 6th SS Mountain Division Nord: Sunday, April 1, through Wednesday, April 4, 1945 -- A letter home, the warehouse at Fulda, and on to Coburg: Thursday, April 5, through Wednesday, April 11, 1945 -- Coburg, bayreuth, Pegnitz, and a roadblock in the forest: Thursday, April 12, through Friday, April 20, 1945 -- The Danube wasn't blue: Saturday, April 21, through Monday, April 30, 1945 -- The last battles: Tuesday, may 1, through Tuesday, May 8, 1945 -- Epilogue. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Joy, Dean P., |d1924- 610 10 United States. |bArmy. |bInfantry Division, 71st. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCampaigns |zWestern Front. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xRegimental histories |zUnited States. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, American. 650 0 Soldiers |zUnited States |vBiography. 655 7 Autobiographies. |2lcgft 655 7 Personal narratives. |2lcgft 856 42 |3Sample text |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random051/2004301434.html 856 42 |3Publisher description |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random051/2004301434.html 994 E0 |bLHM 852 0 |bstacks |hD769.3 71st |i.J69 2004