101st Airborne

A minute-by-minute and day-by-day account of the elite 101st Airbornes daring parachute landing behind enemy lines at Normandy is accompanied by firsthand accounts from Airborne veterans and forty incredible, previously unknown (let alone published) color photos of the Screaming Eagles at Normandy and in Great Britain prior to the invasion. Accompanying these remarkable D-Day color Kodachromeswhich were unearthed in the attic of an Army doctors daughterare more than two hundred black-and-white photographs from 101st survivors and the authors own private collection. This is an unprecedented look at an elite fighting force during one of the last centurys most crucial moments.