Format: Paperback
Pages: 312
ISBN: 9781612005645
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2018
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Illustrations: 14 pages of b/w photos
Description:
In recent years the public has become aware of the Filthy Thirteen, the most notorious squad of fighting men in the 101st Airborne Division, and the true-life inspiration for the movie “The Dirty Dozen”. They became singular within the Screaming Eagles for their hard drinking, and savage fighting skill - and that was only in training. Just prior to the invasion of Normandy, a "Stars and Stripes" photographer caught U.