Joseph Balkoski - Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Division in Normandy
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If you want to know what it was like, from Private to General, from rifle to tank, from beginning to end, this is the book for you. --Charles M. Schultz
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Cover design by Wendy A. Reynolds
Cover image of 29 Let's Go! used by permission of artist James Dietz, 29th National Guard Association and American Arts & Antiques, Seattle, Washington.
Printed in the United States of America
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Balkoski, Joseph Beyond the beachhead: the 29th infantry division in Normandy / Joseph Balkoski; with a foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose.[2nd ed.] p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN: 0-8117-2682-7 1. World War, 19391945CampaignsFrance-Normandy. 2. United States. Army. Infantry Division, 29thHistory. 3. Normandy (France)History. I. Title. D756.5.N6B34 1999 940.54'2142dc21 98-53788 CIP
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This book is dedicated to the memory of John Purley Cooper, Jr., Commanding Officer, 110th Field Artillery Battalion, 29th Infantry Division, United States Army, 19421945 and to all members of the 29th Infantry Division, 19411945
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Contents
List of Illustrations
vi
List of Maps
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Map Legend
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Foreword
by Stephen E. Ambrose
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Preface
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1 Introduction: Twenty-nine, Let's Go, June 1944
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2 Stateside: The Blue and the Gray Division, 19171942
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3 England: "Us and the Home Guard," October 1942June 1944
36
4 The Enemy: Festung Europa, 19401944
65
5 Men and Guns: The Emptiness of the Battlefield, 1944
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6 D-Day: "We've Got to be Infantrymen Now," June 16, 1944
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7 The Beachhead: "Boche Kaput," June 79, 1944
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8 On to St. L: "It Didn't Smell Right from the First," June 1013, 1944
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9 Stagnation: "Altogether It Was Hell," June 14July 10, 1944
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10 Triumph: The Major of St. L, July 1113, 1944
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Appendix: U.S. and German Tables of Organization and Equipment
279
References
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Bibliography
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Acknowledgments
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Index
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List of Illustrations
American troops in England embarking for the invasion of Europe, May 1944
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Troops from the 110th Field Artillery during pre-war annual training
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29th Infantry Division patch
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116th Infantry on parade at Fort Meade, March 1942
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Maj. Gen. Leonard Gerow
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The 115th Infantry on Dartmoor, 1943
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Maj. Gen. Charles H. Gerhardt
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Sgt. Robert Cuff, General Gerhardt's driver
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Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Maj. Gen. Charles H. Gerhardt, and Air Marshal Sir Arthur W. Tedder
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American infantryman firing his M1 rifle in a Norman hedgerow, July 1944
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