More Than Courage

Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe: The Combat History of the

Phil Nordyke

• Publisher: Zenith Press
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN: 9780760333136
• eBook ISBN: 9781616739706
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

Drawing on many oral and unpublished written accounts from veterans of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Phil Nordyke brings the history of the regiment to life, conveying with remarkable immediacy and power what it was like to be there. This is history as it was lived by the men of the 504th, from their pre-war coming of age in the regiment, through the end of World War II, when they marched in the Victory Parade down Fifth Avenue in New York. The 504th earned three bronze stars for their parachute wings, one for each of their combat jumps.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: “I’m Going To Be A Paratrooper”
• Chapter 2: “Another Hellhole”
• Chapter 3: “The Sky Was Full of Tracers And Bursting Shells”
• Chapter 4: “Retreat Hell! Send Me My 3rd Battalion!”
• Chapter 5: “The Germans Were Always On The High Ground Looking Down Our Throats”
• Chapter 6: “Seems Like The Black-Hearted Devils Are Everywhere”
• Chapter 7: “The Regiment Was Probably At The Peak Of Its Fighting Efficiency”
• Chapter 8: “Let’s Get Across The Bridge!”
• Chapter 9: “Somebody Has Come Up With A Real Nightmare”
• Chapter 10: “I Have Never Seen A More Gallant Action”
• Chapter 11: “Our MOS Was Still, Kill Germans”
• Chapter 12: “Far Worse Than Any Nightmare”
• Chapter 13: “At Times A Person Did Not Care If He Lived Or Died”
• Chapter 14: “No Amount of Hardship Or Loss Could Affect Its Morale”
• Chapter 15: “Big Six-Foot Jerries, In Waves Of Skirmish Lines As Far As The Eye Could See”
• Epilogue: “No Braver, More Loyal, Or Better Fighting Men Ever Lived”
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index to Maps
• Index
• Copyright Page