Machine Gunner's War Victory 1st Infantry Division WWII Andy Andrews 2022 Rare

Description: A Machine Gunner's War: From Normandy to Victory with the 1st Infantry Division in World War IIAndrews Jr, Ernest Albert "Andy"ISBN 10: 1636241042 / ISBN 13: 9781636241043 American machine gunner Ernest “Andy” Andrews arrived in the UK just before deploying to fight in D-Day. Struck by a bullet in Normandy, he was evacuated to England before returning to participate in the race across France. Andy’s squad defended a bunker in the Siegfried Line and fought its way through the Hurtgen Forest to take Hill 232. When the Germans attempted to retake the hill, Andy faced his toughest battle and suffered a shoulder wound. Andy rejoined his company in time to fight in the Battle of the Bulge and the Rhine campaign, and in Germany's Harz Mountains, where the Wehrmacht was trying to organize a last stand. Andy's outfit ends the war fighting in Czechoslovakia, where Andy witnesses the German surrender. Following occupation duty, Andy returned to the States in October 1945. The war shaped Andy's postwar life in countless ways, and in 1994, Andy made the first of three return visits to the European battlefields where he had fought. This vivid firsthand account takes the reader along from Normandy to victory with Andy and his machine-gun crew. Common terms and phrases16th Infantry Regiment 1st Infantry Division 2nd Battalion Aachen advance afternoon Al Andrews American ammo Andrews Andy Army’s arrival artillery fire assault assigned attack battle beach began Big Red Bridport buddies bullets bunker combat couple crew Despite dozen drill Eilendorf emplacement enemy troops enemy’s feet fighting flank force Fort McClellan Fort Oglethorpe foxhole front line German soldiers German troops Germany’s going grenade ground gun’s guys H Company H Company’s head Higgins boat hill hour Hürtgen jeep K-ration killed knew later lieutenant located machine gun machine gunners machine-gun squad McClellan miles military minutes morning mortar Nazi nearby night Normandy officer Omaha Beach operation outfit pistol position prisoners reached rear rest rifle riflemen Sankt Andreasberg second machine-gun platoon sergeant shells shooting shrapnel Signal Mountain surrender tank target town trees tripod trucks U.S. Army U.S. First Army weapon Wehrmacht wounded yards

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