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Currahee!: Lo sbarco in Normandia (1939-1945. Seconda guerra mondiale)
Donald Burgett, soldato semplice del 506° reggimento paracadutisti della 101a divisione aviotrasportata americana (Currahee! era il grido di battaglia del reparto), si arruolò a diciotto anni e venne sottoposto a un durissimo addestramento per raggiungere un solo trasformarlo in una macchina da guerra. Partecipò alle operazioni in Normandia lanciandosi da un aereo da trasporto con i suoi commilitoni nella notte del 6 giugno 1944, precedendo di alcune ore gli sbarchi dal mare. È la storia di un ragazzo diventato uomo in uno degli attacchi più complessi e contro uno dei settori meglio difesi dalle forze armate tedesche in Europa durante la Seconda guerra mondiale. I sentimenti che ha provato nella fase di preparazione e di esecuzione, e le difficoltà che ha incontrato in quelle tragiche circostanze, sono elementi comuni a tutti coloro che hanno combattuto nei paracadutisti, da sempre considerati soldati d’élite.
226 pages, Paperback
Published July 1, 2007
About the author
Donald R. Burgett
15 books28 followersDonald R. Burgett was a writer and a former World War II paratrooper. He was among the Airborne troopers who landed in Normandy early on the morning of June 6, 1944 (D Day). He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division (United States), ("The Screaming Eagles"), and the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Burgett served in 'A' Company, 1st Battalion, 506th PIR as both a rifleman and a machine-gunner.
Burgett parachuted into Holland, his second combat jump, as part of Operation Market-Garden, and fought for 72 days behind the German lines. After just a few weeks rest, he was again sent into combat, this time at the Battle of the Bulge, where the 101st, along with Combat Command B of the U.S. 10th Armored Division (United States) and the all African American 969th Field Artillery Battalion successfully held out against nine German armored divisions during the siege of Bastogne. Burgett went on to fight through Operation Nordwind, on into Germany to the Ruhr Valley, the Rhineland, and Bavaria. While in action with the 101st, Burgett was wounded three times and had his M1 rifle shot out of his hands at least twice. He was one of only eleven men out of the original 200 in his company to survive from D-Day in Normandy to the war's end.
In addition to writing four books, he has also appeared in a number of History Channel specials on World War II.
Burgett's books are first-hand accounts of his time spent in the United States Army during World War II. Some were based on unpublished accounts he wrote immediately after the war, while others were compiled in later years.
Burgett parachuted into Holland, his second combat jump, as part of Operation Market-Garden, and fought for 72 days behind the German lines. After just a few weeks rest, he was again sent into combat, this time at the Battle of the Bulge, where the 101st, along with Combat Command B of the U.S. 10th Armored Division (United States) and the all African American 969th Field Artillery Battalion successfully held out against nine German armored divisions during the siege of Bastogne. Burgett went on to fight through Operation Nordwind, on into Germany to the Ruhr Valley, the Rhineland, and Bavaria. While in action with the 101st, Burgett was wounded three times and had his M1 rifle shot out of his hands at least twice. He was one of only eleven men out of the original 200 in his company to survive from D-Day in Normandy to the war's end.
In addition to writing four books, he has also appeared in a number of History Channel specials on World War II.
Burgett's books are first-hand accounts of his time spent in the United States Army during World War II. Some were based on unpublished accounts he wrote immediately after the war, while others were compiled in later years.
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