Easy Company Soldier

By Don Malarkey & Bob Welch

Easy Company Soldier - Don Malarkey & Bob Welch
  • Release Date: 2008-05-13
  • Genre: History
Score: 4.5
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Description

Elite paratrooper Sgt. Don Malarkey takes us not only into the World War II battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who lost his best friend during the nightmarish engagement at Bastogne.

Drafted in 1942, Malarkey arrived at Camp Toccoa in Georgia and was one of the one in six soldiers who earned their Eagle wings. He went to England in 1943 to provide cover on the ground for the largest amphibious military attack in history: Operation Overlord. In the darkness of D-day morning, Malarkey parachuted into France and within days was awarded a Bronze Star for his heroism in battle. He fought for twenty-three days in Normandy, nearly eighty in Holland, thirty-nine in Bastogne, and nearly thirty more in and near Haugenau, France, and the Ruhr pocket in Germany.

Easy Company Soldier is his dramatic tale of those bloody days fighting his way from the shores of France to the heartland of Germany, and the epic story of how an adventurous kid from Oregon became a leader of men.

Reviews

  • I love this book

    4
    By Chopper7-21
    I live in Georgia and I also live right next to Toccoa because I go to school there.The reason I read this book is because it's some of my local history.And if you ever get a chance to got to Toccoa go to the BoB museum there.(they have the stables they lived in)
  • Easy Company Soldier

    5
    By Swanee56
    Great read of a soldier's view on survival in battle and the tremendous loss of friends so dear to him.
  • The best generation ever!

    5
    By Jpcrash
    What a amazing book!!!! It brings me back to all of my grandfather's stories of the battle of the bulge
  • The Best Military Memoir I Read roDate

    5
    By OldGreyBob
    I have read many military memoirs but this one is hands above any others. From the first chapter on you feel that Don Malarkey is sitting next to and is opening his life to you. You feel his joy, his pain, and the struggle to continue on. I feel it was an honor to know this man in this book.
  • The Real Easy Company

    5
    By Galluj
    Thank you Sgt. Don Malarky for you amazing strength and fortitude. Your service to this great nation will not be forgotten. Thank you for writing this great book about you life during such an important time in our country's history. Thank you so much. Proud American. Jason Gallups
  • Easy the best

    5
    By Lalj
    This is a well written, outstanding tale of men doing what most couldn't or wouldn't be able to do.all I can say is wow ! I recommend this book for anyone.one of the best I've read in awhile
  • Awesome Book!

    5
    By TwoEdgedSword
    My wife got a signed copy of this for me when we were living in Eugene; just about an hour south of where Don lives. If you enjoyed Band of Brothers, or just want to get to know more of the personal story of this brave and courageous man, then this is definitely a book that you should invest in!
  • AMAZING!!!

    5
    By JonahID
    This book was one of the best books that I have ever read! I learned so much that I would not have learned if I had ben reading a history text-book! Thank you for this wonderful piece of literature!