Infantry Soldier: Holding the Lines at the Battle of the Bulge

by George W. Neill

Infantry Soldier describes in harrowing detail the life of the men assigned to infantry rifle platoons during World War II. Few people realize the enormously disproportionate burden the men in these platoons carried: although only 6 percent of the U.S. Army in Europe. They suffered most of the casualties.

George W. Neill served with a rifle platoon in the 99th Infantry Division. Now a seasoned journalist, he takes the reader into the foxholes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806133805
• ISBN13: 9780806133805
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.3"