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Summary: A Special Unit
Review: A good read, given the rising interest in WWII. An amazingly detailed memoir of a man who survived four assault landings and seven campaigns in a special engineer unit which prepared invasion beaches for troop landing, including D-Day. It resonated with this vet of that war, but others will find it compelling as well.
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Summary: Comments on "Storming Ashore"
Review: A gripping story of and by a living example of the "Greatest Generation". As an Air Force officer who flew bombing missions over Europe in World War II, I take my hat off to Ken Garn who stormed ashore in the greatest and possibly the most dangerous invasion of all time. Joshua T. Winstead, Jr Colonel USAF (Ret.)
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Summary: Comments on "Storming Ashore"
Review: A gripping story of and by a living example of the "Greatest Generation". As an Air Force officer who flew bombing missions over Europe in World War II, I take my hat off to Ken Garn who stormed ashore in the greatest and possibly the most dangerous invasion of all time. Joshua T. Winstead, Jr Colonel USAF (Ret.)
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Summary: best book on the 531st
Review: I found this book while searching WWII books looking for information on my fatherinlaw. I was elated to find this book. We had scattered paperwork that mentioned he belonged to the 53st and we had his letters home. But we knew nothing about the engineers. How they formed, where they trained, where they went to battle. This book surely helped us find our way. From Mr. Garn's book we learned that he was with the first battalion as he moved inland with the Rangers in North Africa. My copy is so much highlighted and dogeared that I'm thinking of getting another copy just to put on the bookcase. Great read for those that want to know about the 531st Engineers.
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Summary: NOW I KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY
Review: My dad was in the 531st and as many soldiers did, only touched on a few thing's here and there. This book put's all the pieces together. I knew that his unit was important but, "DARN". I really recommend this book to anyone who wondered just what the hell these guy's did.
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Summary: NOW I KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY
Review: My dad was in the 531st and as many soldiers did, only touched on a few thing's here and there. This book put's all the pieces together. I knew that his unit was important but, "DARN". I really recommend this book to anyone who wondered just what the hell these guy's did.
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Summary: Storming Ashore
Review: Super movies have been made covering the big picture of WWII. Garn's book gives you the rest of the story, the daily life of the engineers in and out of the battlefront. Written with explicit detail covering the daily routine of the average soldier, before and after the battle. A must read!
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Summary: Storming Ashore
Review: Super movies have been made covering the big picture of WWII. Garn's book gives you the rest of the story, the daily life of the engineers in and out of the battlefront. Written with explicit detail covering the daily routine of the average soldier, before and after the battle. A must read!
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Summary: Told by One Who was Really There
Review: The appeal of Ken Garn's account for me is that this is the definitive account of the enlisted man's WW II told by an enlisted man. There are many stories and histories by historians and retired generals, but they gloss over what the man under fire on the beach was thinking about. The story telling is straightforward, personable and engaging.
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