A unique narration by Lt. Colonel Matt Urban (Medal of Honor Recipient) emotionally involves readers in World War II battles on three continents & his final battle ending with a bullet through Urban's neck. Urban's book is different: Larger "easy-reader" print for "old soldiers." Story action is on the right pages; photos & facts on the left do not interrupt reader progress. Also, a veteran can create a personal war diary on special lined pages. Readers "hit the beach" as thousands of sevicemen invade Africa. They share ...
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A unique narration by Lt. Colonel Matt Urban (Medal of Honor Recipient) emotionally involves readers in World War II battles on three continents & his final battle ending with a bullet through Urban's neck. Urban's book is different: Larger "easy-reader" print for "old soldiers." Story action is on the right pages; photos & facts on the left do not interrupt reader progress. Also, a veteran can create a personal war diary on special lined pages. Readers "hit the beach" as thousands of sevicemen invade Africa. They share experiences with "Do or Die" orders, "Kill or Be Killed" actions, meet & defeat German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox. We "join" the 9th Division Invasion of Sicily & Urban's miraculous "Silent March" to outflank German forces. Urban goes AWOL from an English hospital. He hobbles to the Normandy front & leads his troops on the break-out at St. Lo. This earned Urban's Medal of Honor recommendation. Thousands of soldiers had individual battles to win, & their collective effort brought victory according to Urban. He also believes the collapse of Communism is the result of victories of World War II, Korea, Vietnam & current military preparedness.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by By the Author, Holland, MI. 1989. 518 pgs. #476 of a limited signed edition and inscribed by Matt Urban on the limitation page. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Matt Louis Urban (August 25, 1919 – March 4, 1995) was a United States Army lieutenant colonel and one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War II. Urban performed valiantly in combat on many occasions despite being wounded in action several times. He received over a dozen personal decorations for combat from the U. S. Army, including seven Purple Hearts. In 1980, he received the Medal of Honor and three other U. S. Decorations and one foreign decoration for his actions in France and Belgium in 1944. EB; 8vo 8"-9" tall.
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Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0962462101. Some moderate spine lean, a previous owner has sharpied his name and some other annotation below the signed bookplate on the first page.; Illus., large bookplate on the ffep signed near bottom by the author, "limited edition no. 3013" at top of plate, dust jacket now in a clear protector; 518 pages; Signed by Author.