Escapades

About the Book

Escapades is a true story about an overseas paratrooper in World War II. Like all paratroopers, in World War II, he felt his parachute regimental combat team (the 517 PRT) to be the best there was.

Paratrooper in World War II. Aviator with over 25,000 flight hours. District Manager of large retail fuel company. Owned and ran seven Florida citrus groves.

Excerpts

from Italy

I peeked around the end of this fence just as "C" companies captain stood up in front of this kill of Germans and signaled real delliberate to fix bay nets three times. On the third time about 100 baynets came up. "G" company was going in.

Comm. Platoon got up to follow. No one fired at us as the Germans switched their fire on "G" company. They were too late as "G" company was in on top of them, "G" company took more German prisoners than "C" company had personnel in the co

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