Following his father's tragic death, American poet and historian Gregory Orfalea journeyed to France to attend the first reunion of his father's World War II infantry battalion, the ill-fated 551st. What he found was a compelling and unsolved mystery: why was the 551st sent to its destruction in a futile assault on Rochelinval during the Battle of the Bulge, and why has this heroic unit's memory been all but erased from military history?
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
0684828049
ISBN-13
9780684828046
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15507
Product Key Features
Book Title
Messengers of the Lost Battalion : The Heroic 551st and the Turning of the Tide at the Battle of the Bulge
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / General, Military / United States, Military