Letters Home: A Paratroopers Story
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Curtis, H. L. "Bud" / Curtis, Ed D. L. Vaughn, PUBLISHER: Ecko Publishing, ong>Lettersong> Home: A Paratrooper's Story is an account of a combat paratrooper, Harland "Bud" Curtis. Bud joined the paratroopers in April , and found himself assigned to the famed "517th Parachute Infantry Regiment," later to become a Parachute Regimental Combat Team, "The Battling Buzzards" (which was the only parachute regimental combat team in the European Theater of war). ong>Fromong> , Bud wrote over 130 ong>lettersong> home to his mother, detailing his experiences ong>fromong> initial training to the eventual combat fighting in Italy, France, Belgium, and finally Germany. Bud's mother kept these ong>lettersong> throughout her ong>lifeong>, and they were discovered when she passed away. Included in this third edition are more historic pictures along with pictures of the weapons used by the 517th PRCT. There are quotes ong>fromong> General Seitz, Colonel Boyle, Major Fraser, Merle Traver, and John Anderson ong>fromong> the 517th reunion in Washington, D.C., . Many historical facts ong>fromong> the beginning to the end are included with much information cited ong>fromong> Paratrooper Odyssey, Battling Buzzards, and many other references. This book is not an account of what Bud remembered, rather ong>lettersong> written on a specific day with documented facts of what happened on that day between . These ong>lettersong> are often poignant with sincere thoughts and feelings of a combat paratrooper in the middle of the most horrific battles of World War II.