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A Soldier's Journal
by David Rothbart
Product Group: Book
Publisher: I Books (2003-05-01)
ISBN: 0743458656
EAN: 9780743458658
Dewy Decimal #: 940.5421
Hardcover: 320 pages
SKU: 41605
Condition: New
Comments: THE ORIGINAL HARDBACK BOOK! IBOOKS, 2003. THE UNABRIDGED 1ST EDITION. WITH TERRIFIC PHOTOGRAPHS! HARDCOVER W/GILT LETTERING, DUST JACKET AND PAGES ARE NEW! Rapid shipping BY PRIORITY MAIL w/FREE tracking. GREAT PACKAGING . Air Mail. BL. RD
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
This is the extraordinary memoir of the 22nd Infantry Regiment, a unit that Ernest Hemingway stayed with for five months, from the drive across France to the bloody Battle of the Hurtgen Forest. It is a moving account of men who enlisted to fight in a just cause. It touches on the chaos of war and how accidental atrocities-such as the use of poison gas by American artillery on November 15, 1944 -- were narrowly averted. In addition, it is a journal surprisingly rich with humor -- from how men learn all about "the right way, the wrong way, and the Army way" to those incongruous moments of comedy that can occur even on the battlefield. The result is a memoir so rich in character, detail, and atmosphere that the reader will feel that he is shoulder-to-shoulder with men from the "Greatest Generation."
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Customer Reviews
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A Soldiers Journal
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-02-07
A story of how an everyday American Citizen handles all of the situations incountered with becoming a soldier during WWII. Joe faces all of his challanges with bravery and exceptional ability. The journal format makes for very easy reading. All of the boredom of being in the Military has been left out.
Highly recomend,
Alan Sosnowitz
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Terrific book
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-09-03
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
this is the only genuine WW II journal I am aware of: all others are memoirs. I was rivited by this book. I STRONGLY recommend it for anyone interested in military history.
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Good book...
Rating  (3)
Date: 2003-12-19
1 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
This was a pretty good book... makes me think of the old maxim: The general and the captain are giving opposing orders again and I just got seriously wounded... I would highly reccomend this book to all who are intereseted in milatry history and the life of a soldier... great book especially in today's day and age. Chris
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