10 True Tales: D-Day Heroes

Brand: Scholastic

Author: Allen Zullo

Number Of Pages: 185

EAN: 9781338222654

Release Date: 01-12-2018

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches

Details: Read the true stories of some brave soldiers, sailors, and airmen who risked their lives on D-Day, June 6, 1944, including glider pilot Pete Buckley, Army medic "Woody" Woodson, and First Sergeant Leonard "Bud" Lomell and Staff Sergeant Jack Kuhn. These and other brave soldiers, sailors, and airmen risked their lives on D-Day. You will never forget their true stories of courage and valor.

Operation Overlord --
The silent sky warrior: Flight Officer George "Pete" Buckley --
The anchor man and the skipper: Seaman 1st Class Gene Oxley and Lieutenant Coit Hendley, Jr. --
The smoking guns: 1st Sergeant Leonard "Bud" Lomell and Staff Sergeant Jack Kuhn --
Bloodied but unbowed: Corporal Waverly "Woody" Woodson, Jr. --
Killer instinct: Staff Sergeant Harrison Summers --
"The unsinkable is sinking!": Ensign Joseph "Joe" Alexander --
The jumping chaplain: Captain Francis Sampson --
Madness and mayhem: Ensign Joseph "Joe" Vaghi, Jr. and his platoon --
Beyond the call of duty: Sergeant Walter Ehlers --
The matchbox boat: Lieutenant Robert McPhail and his crew