![]() Burgett holds the title of being the first enlisted man to write and publish on the Airborne. Eisenhower ever endorsed, calling it "a fascinating tale of personal combat" that "portrays the courage, endurance, initiative and fighting qualities of an American soldier on a European battlefield of World War II." Currahee! was originally published to critical acclaim in 1967. ![]() Currahee! is the only book on World War II that General Dwight D. Burgett (Currahee, not reviewed) writes here of his experiences during the heroic. He was among the Airborne troopers who landed in Normandy early on the morning of D-Day. The author's almost dispassionate tone goes a long way toward explaining a particular set of psychological defenses which enabled these men to do their duty and-for some of them-to survive with their sanity intact. Burgett (Ap March 23, 2017) was a writer and a former World War II paratrooper. ![]() Currahee! (this was the battle cry and motto of his regiment) begins with jump training and explodes in drama as they are parachuted into Normandy with orders to take and hold the high ground behind the beaches. Burgett is a real Screaming Eagle, who jumped with that famed division at Normandy and survived. His memoir vividly portrays the tragic chaos of war: the blood and sweat, the glory and tears of one of the greatest battles of all time. Burgett is a real Screaming Eagle, who jumped with that famed division at Normandy and survived to tell the tale. ![]()
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