Paratrooper!: The Saga of U.S. Army and Marine Parachute and Glider Combat Troops During World War II by Gerard M. Devlin - 1979

St. Martin's Press, 1979. Hardback. Collectible: Like New. 1st Edition - ISBN: 0312596545 - VERY GOOD. Dust jacket is very good with a sunned spine. Binding is tight and square. No marks in text. . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Evolution of the parachute -- 2.) The parachute goes to war -- 3.) The test platoon -- 4.) Airborne command, expansion of an idea -- 5.) Torch -- 6.) Youks les Bains Airfield -- 7.) Raid on the El Djem Bridge -- 8.) Airborne command grows larger -- 9.) Sicily -- 10.) Nadzab Airfield -- 11.) Salerno -- 12.) Sacrifice play at Avellino -- 13.) Anzio -- 14.) Normandy -- 15.) Noemfoor Island -- 16.) Southern France -- 17.) Holland -- 18.) Battle of the Bulge -- 19.) Leyte -- 20.) The liberation of Manila -- 21.) Corregidor Island -- 22.) Los Banos Prison liberation -- 23.) Across the Rhine -- 24.) The occupation of Japan. . . . . . . . FROM THE DUST JACKET FLA: Paratroopers have always had that extra flair, the extra dash that distinguishes adventurers and heroes?and that special daring is captured in these pages. Filled with fascinating anecdotes and personal stories, this mammoth history presents for the first time in a single volume detailed accounts of every air assault or land battle fought in Europe and the Pacific during World War II by American airborne troops. British, German, Japanese, Italian, and French parachute operations are also covered in great detail.