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 ong>theong> paratroopers in April , and found himself assigned to ong>theong> famed "517th Parachute Infantry Regiment," later to become a Parachute Regimental Combat Team, "ong>Theong> Battling Buzzards" (which was ong>theong> only parachute regimental combat team in ong>theong> European ong>Theong>ater of war). From , Bud wrote over 130 ong>lettersong> home to his moong>theong>r, detailing his experiences from initial training to ong>theong> eventual combat fighting in Italy, France, Belgium, and finally Germany. Bud's moong>theong>r kept ong>theong>se ong>lettersong> throughout her life, and ong>theong>y were discovered when she passed away. Included in this third edition are more historic pictures along ong>withong> pictures of ong>theong> weapons used by ong>theong> 517th PRCT. ong>Theong>re are quotes from General Seitz, Colonel Boyle, Major Fraser, Merle Traver, and John Anderson from ong>theong> 517th reunion in Washington, D.C., . Many historical facts from ong>theong> beginning to ong>theong> end are included ong>withong> much information cited from Paratrooper Odyssey, Battling Buzzards, and many oong>theong>r references. This book is not an account of what Bud remembered, raong>theong>r ong>lettersong> written on a specific day ong>withong> documented facts of what happened on that day between . ong>Theong>se ong>lettersong> are often poignant ong>withong> sincere thoughts and feelings of a combat paratrooper in ong>theong> middle of ong>theong> most horrific battles of World War II.