Taught to Kill An American Boy's War from the Ardennes to Berlin |
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Author:
| Babcock, John B. |
Foreword by:
| Atkinson, Rick |
ISBN: | 978-1-57488-799-0 |
Publication Date: | May 2005 |
Publisher: | Potomac Books, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Plucked in 1944 from the safety and privilege of the Army Specialized Training Program, twenty-two-year-old John Babcock suddenly found himself an infantry private headed to Europe. This sensitive and literate youth was thrust into a group of coarse, uneducated, and sometimes brutal draftees. Babcock demonstrates that the "greatest generation" was not always that. Instead, it was like any other cohort - full of liars, cowards, and ordinary men.
Plucked in 1944 from the safety and privilege of the Army Specialized Training Program, twenty-two-year-old John Babcock suddenly found himself an infantry private headed to Europe. This sensitive and literate youth was thrust into a group of coarse, uneducated, and sometimes brutal draftees. Babcock demonstrates that the "greatest generation" was not always that. Instead, it was like any other cohort - full of liars, cowards, and ordinary men.