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Author Wolfe, Martin

Title Green Light! : Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story / Martin Wolfe
Published Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
©1989

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Description 1 online resource : 108 illustrations
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps -- Preface -- 1. Starting Up -- 2. Getting Blooded -- 3. Traveling -- 4. Getting With It -- 5. Assaulting -- 6. Reinforcing -- 7. Evaluating -- 8. Flying -- 9. Gliding -- 10. Engineering -- 11. Commanding -- 12. Managing -- 13. Breaking Out -- 14. Sunning -- 15. MARKET-GARDENING -- 16. Falling Short -- 17. Reassessing -- 18. Re-Supplying -- 19. Camping Out -- 20. Supporting Montgomery -- 21. Storming Germany -- 22. Cleaning Up -- 23. Thinking Back -- Appendix 1. 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Casualties -- Appendix 2. The Roster, February 1945 -- Appendix 3. Time Line: Airborne History and the 81st TCS -- Glossary -- Sources -- Index
Summary In Green Light! Martin Wolfe gives us the big picture of World War II airborne warfare in Europe through the lens of one unit. Wolfe's firsthand account is an engaging and informative narrative that goes beyond the facts to investigate the feelings of the tightly knit unit
Notes In English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Dec. 09, 2016)
Subject Wolfe, Martin
SUBJECT Wolfe, Martin fast
Subject United States. Army Air Forces. Troop Carrier Squadron, 81st -- History
SUBJECT United States. Army Air Forces. Troop Carrier Squadron, 81st fast
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Military.
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
United States
Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781512808735
1512808733