DANGER FORWARD: THE STORY
OF
THE FIRST DIVISION IN WORLD WAR II
by H. R. Knickerbocker et al. Introduction by Hanson
Baldwin
Re-published by the Battery Press
from the original 1947 Society of the First Division
edition, this is a collection of accounts of ten campaigns
of the US Army First Division written by distinguished
writers. The book, attempts primarily to recount the story
of where the First Division went and what it did. It is a
story written by recognized masters of the art of military
story telling, comprising ten long chapters titled "As I saw
It" which cover the following: 1 Algeria. 2 Tunisia. 3
Sicily. 4 Normandy. 5 St. Lo and Mortain. 6 Mons and Aachen.
7 Hurtgen Forest. 8 The Ardennes. 9 Bonn and Remagen. 10 The
last Kilometer. There is also a photographic section at the
back of the book featuring 114 black and white images.
Very good in
beige boards with green & red cover & spine titling - large
format, 477pp, 114 b/w photos, numerous maps
