Against All Odds
Author: Kershaw, Alex
ISBN: 9780593556399
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 19 Apr 2022
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;The national bestselling author of Plt;iPgt;The First WavePlt;/iPgt; tells the untold story of the four most decorated soldiers of World War IIP#8212;Medal of Honor recepients allP#8212;from North Africa to HitlerP#8217;s own mountaintop fortressPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;
Plt;bPgt;*The instant Plt;iPgt;New York Times Plt;/iPgt;bestseller*Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;The untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War IIP#8212;all Medal of Honor recipientsP#8212;from the beaches of French Morocco to HitlerP#8217;s own mountaintop fortress, by the nationalP#160;bestselling author of Plt;iPgt;The First WavePlt;/iPgt; Plt;brPgt; Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8220;Pitch-perfect.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;The Wall Street JournalPlt;/iPgt; P#8226; P#8220;Riveting.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;World War IIPlt;/iPgt; magazineP#160;P#8226;P#160;P#8220;Alex Kershaw is the master of putting the reader in the heat of the action.P#8221;P#8212;Martin DugardPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; As the Allies raced to defeat Hitler, four men, all in the same unit, earned medal after medal for battlefield heroism. Maurice P#8220;FootsieP#8221; Britt, a former professional football player, became the very first American to receive every award for valor in a single war. Michael Daly was a West Point dropout who risked his neck over and over to keep his men alive. Keith Ware would one day become the first and only draftee in history to attain the rank of general before serving in Vietnam. In WWII, Ware owed his life to the finest soldier he ever commanded, a baby-faced Texan named Audie Murphy. In the campaign to liberate Europe, each would gain the ultimate accolade, the Congressional Medal of Honor. Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt; Tapping into personal interviews and a wealth of primary source material, Alex Kershaw has delivered his most gripping account yet of American courage, spanning more than six hundred days of increasingly merciless combat, from the deserts of North Africa to the dark heart of Nazi Germany. Once the guns fell silent, these four exceptional warriors would discover just how heavy the Medal of Honor could beP#8212;and how great the expectations associated with it. Having survived against all odds, who among them would finally find peace?
ISBN: 9780593556399
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 19 Apr 2022
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;The national bestselling author of Plt;iPgt;The First WavePlt;/iPgt; tells the untold story of the four most decorated soldiers of World War IIP#8212;Medal of Honor recepients allP#8212;from North Africa to HitlerP#8217;s own mountaintop fortressPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;
Plt;bPgt;*The instant Plt;iPgt;New York Times Plt;/iPgt;bestseller*Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;The untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War IIP#8212;all Medal of Honor recipientsP#8212;from the beaches of French Morocco to HitlerP#8217;s own mountaintop fortress, by the nationalP#160;bestselling author of Plt;iPgt;The First WavePlt;/iPgt; Plt;brPgt; Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;P#8220;Pitch-perfect.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;The Wall Street JournalPlt;/iPgt; P#8226; P#8220;Riveting.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;World War IIPlt;/iPgt; magazineP#160;P#8226;P#160;P#8220;Alex Kershaw is the master of putting the reader in the heat of the action.P#8221;P#8212;Martin DugardPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; As the Allies raced to defeat Hitler, four men, all in the same unit, earned medal after medal for battlefield heroism. Maurice P#8220;FootsieP#8221; Britt, a former professional football player, became the very first American to receive every award for valor in a single war. Michael Daly was a West Point dropout who risked his neck over and over to keep his men alive. Keith Ware would one day become the first and only draftee in history to attain the rank of general before serving in Vietnam. In WWII, Ware owed his life to the finest soldier he ever commanded, a baby-faced Texan named Audie Murphy. In the campaign to liberate Europe, each would gain the ultimate accolade, the Congressional Medal of Honor. Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt; Tapping into personal interviews and a wealth of primary source material, Alex Kershaw has delivered his most gripping account yet of American courage, spanning more than six hundred days of increasingly merciless combat, from the deserts of North Africa to the dark heart of Nazi Germany. Once the guns fell silent, these four exceptional warriors would discover just how heavy the Medal of Honor could beP#8212;and how great the expectations associated with it. Having survived against all odds, who among them would finally find peace?
