PARATROOPER!

Author: Gerard M Devlin

Publisher: Robson Books Ltd

Year published: 1979

Pagination: xvii + 717pp, 200+ photos, 20 maps

Dustwrapper faded from blue to brown in some parts. Text and boards good. The saga of US Army and Marine Parachute and Glider Combat Troops During World War II, the book vividly recreates the legend of airborne troops of all nations in their epic actions. This wide-ranging account includes the battles in North Africa and Sicily, Italy, the South of France, Normandy, Holland, The Ardennes and the Rhine crossing in Europe. The book goes on to describe the actions at Noemfoor Island, Leyte, Manilla, Los Banos and Corregidor in the Pacific