HELL'S HIGHWAY: Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September - November 1944

HELL'S HIGHWAY: Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September - November 1944 by Koskimaki, George. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781932033052.

Hells Highway is a history, most of which has never before been written. It is adventure recorded by those who lived it and put into context by an author who was also there. It is human drama on an enormous scale, told through the personal stories of 612 contributors of written and oral accounts of the "Screaming Eagles" part in the attempt to liberate the Netherlands. George Koskimaki was an expert in weaving together individual recollections to make a compelling and uniquely first hand account of the bravery and deprivations suffered by the troops, their hopes, fears, triumphs and tragedies as well as those of Dutch civilians caught up in the action. There have been many books published on Operation Market Garden and there will surely be more. This book, however, gets to the heart of the action. The "big picture" which most histories paint, here is just the context for the real history on the ground. Table of Contents Glossary/U.S. Army Rankings Foreword 1. Introductory Review 2. English Summer 3. Occupation 4. Liberation 5. Pathfinders 6. Parachute Drops 7. Glider Lifts 8. The Son Bridge 9. Eindhoven 10. The Fight for Best 11. St. Oedenrode 12. Veghel 13. 1st Battalion Moves North 14. Eerde 15. Division CP at Son 16. Black Friday 17. Send Us Some Tanks! 18. Third Road Cut 19. Behind Enemy Lines 20. Watch on the Rhine 21. Opheusden 22. Dodewaard and Hien 23. Other Memorable Experiences Epilogue Acknowledgments Contributors Notes Bibliography Index