The General and His Daughter: The Wartime Letters of General James M. Gavin
to His Daughter Barbara*
Written by Barbara Gavin Fauntleroy
Descending from the Clouds*
A Memoir of Combat in the 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division.
Signed first printing hardcover available at dropzone82nd@aol.com for $45.
Written by Spencer Wurst and Gayle Wurst
Outstanding books by Michel Detrez
Colonel Ben Vandervoort
"Doc" McIlvoy
Colonel Bob Piper
Written by Ed Ruggero
Jump Commander*
Combat with the 505 and 508 Parachute Infantry Regiments of the 82nd Airborne Division in WWII
Written by Mark J. Alexander and John Sparry
No Better Place to Die*
Ste-Mere Eglise, June 1944-The Battle for la Fiere Bridge
Written by Bob Murphy
Combat Jump
The young men who led the assault into Fortress Europe, July 1943
Written by Ed Ruggero
505th "The Panther"
History of the official newsletter of the 505 WWII veterans and friends and family
Four Stars of Valor*
The new combat history of the 505 RCT in WWII. Written by Phil Nordyke
All American All The Way*
The outstanding story of the 82nd A/B Division as told by the men who fought the war from the foxholes. Written by Phil Nordyke
Written by Phil Nordyke
Origin of the Static Line
Written by Bob Gillette
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BELOW IS A LIST OF AIRBORNE BOOKS COMPILED BY JIM BLANKENSHIP OF THE
FAMILY AND FRIENDS 505 RCT ASSOCIATION
Prices will likely be out of date
82nd. Airborne Division- 60th.Anniv. Edition Static Line Turner Publishing
82nd.Airborne Division History updated history of 82nd. Static Line $52.50 Turner Publ.
A Bridge too Far C. Ryan Amazon… price varies
A Time for Trumpets McDonald,Charles B. Quill
At the Point of no Return, 'Pictorial History of the American Paratroopers Prior to Normandy', Michel De Trez, D-Day Publishing, www.d-day-publishing.be $ 59.00
American Warriors, 'Pictorial History of the American Paratroopers in the Invasion of Normandy', Michel De Trez, D-Day Publishing, www.d-day-publishing.be $ 59.00
Airborne Tom Clancy Static Line $12.50
Airborne Album John Andrews Static Line $30.00
Airborne-Combat History of US Airborne Flannagen, E.M. Ballentine Books
All the Way to Berlin James Megellas Amazon.com Ballantine
Ardennes Charles Whiting Static Line $15.00
Beyond Valor/WWII Ranger & Abn. Vets O'Donnell,Patrick Free Press
Bitter Victory-The Battle for Sicily 1943 D'Este, Carlo Harper Collins
Citizen Soldiers Ambrose Amazon.com
Combat Jump Ed Ruggero Static Line/Amazon $24.95
D Day Stephen Ambrose Amazon.com
D Day- As They Saw It Lord Carver Amazon.com $10.78
D Day-The First 24 Hours Will Fowler Amazon.com Amber Books
Dawn of D-Day-These Men Were There Howarth, David Amazon.com $19.95
D-Day Companion, The Penrose, Jane Amazon.com $11.98
Devils in Baggy Pants Carter, Ross S. Amazon.com $16.35
Down to Earth..507 PIR in Normandy 6/6 Morgan, Martin K Schiffer
Drop Zone Normandy Napier Crookenden Amazon.com
Drop Zone Sicily William Breuer Static Line/Amazon
Echoes of the Warriors George Jacobus contact author
Fierce Individualist Dennis O'Loughlin E Co. comrade of Otis Sampson/from his niece
First Men In, The Ed Ruggero Amazon.com/ June 2006 $26.95 Harper-Collins
Fortitude: The D Day deception Campgn. Hesketh, Roger Amazon.com Overlook Press
Four Stars of Honor Phil Nordyke coming in October '06
From Skys of Blue"Experiences w/82 ABN Baugh, James Emory Universe
Glide to Glory- 325 GIR Memoirs Richlack,
Glidermen of Neptune/D Day glider attack Masters, Charles Amazon SIU Press
Greatest Generation, The Tom Brokaw Amazon.com
Honor Roll Fr.Thuring Airborne Museum/Groesbeek
I Maintain The Right Peter Turnbull amazon.com
Let's Go- History of the 325 GIR Pierce, Wayne Amazon.com
Longest Day, The Cornelius Ryan any book store $15 Simon & Schuster
Memoir of of the 456 Parachute F.Artillery Starlyn Jorgensen unpublished
Memoirs of Arthur B. Kroos Sheboygan County Hist. Soc.80AA & Aide DeCamp to Gen.Ridgeway
Night Drop/Airborne invasion of Normandy Marshal, S.L.A. Amazon Battery press
No Better Place To Die Bob Murphy revised edition June '06
On Killing Dave Grossman Boston,Little, Brown,1995
On Time, On Target J. McKenzie amazon.com
On To Berlin James Gavin Amazon.com $10.00 Viking
Our Finest Day- D Day June 6, 1944 Amazon.com
Overlord Hastings, Max Amazon.com $22.95
Parachute Soldiers Tucker, Bill Int.Abn.books
Paratrooper Gerry Devlin St.Martins
Paratrooper-Life of Gen.Jim Gavin Booth & Spencer Amazon.com Simon/Schuster
Passing Through- The 505 in N. Ireland John McCann author/Gayle Wurst $32.95
Pathfinder- First In- Last Out/Viet Nam Burns, Richard Amazon.com Ballintine Books
Put on Your Boots and Parachutes- Derek Wills Amazon.com
Ready Al Langdon out of print (but not for long)
Rendevous at Rochelinval Tucker, Wm. Int.Airborne Books
Ridgeway's Paratroopers Clay Blair
Roll of Honor Fr. Thuring Bevrijdings museum/Groesbeek,The Netherlands
Sainte Mere Eglise Alexander Renaud
Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Photographs of D-Day, Michel DeTrez, D-Day Publishing, www.d-day-publishing.be $59.00
Search for Members of the 505PIR WWII Bob Gillett-James Meyers self published records
Stand Up & Hook Up Buck Dawson Static Line $15.00
Stanley Weinberg Letters online Library of Congress
Stanley Weinberg--WWII Remembrances Weinberg, Ann self published memoir Weinberg, Ann
Stragedy Frank Maile author Trafford
Strike & Hold/Memoir of 82 Abn WWII Burriss, T moffatt Amazon.com $19.95 Brassey's
The Way We Were #2, Col. Bob Piper, Michel De Trez, D-Day Publishing, www.d-day-publishing.be $24.00
The Way We Were #3, Doc McIlvoy & his Parachuting Medics, Michel De Trez, D-Day Publishing, www.d-day-publishing.be $36.00
The Way We Were #4, Col. Ben Vandervoort, Michel De Trez, D-Day Publishing, www.d-day-publishing.be $30.00
Thirty Five Days in Normandy Tucker, Bill Int.Abn books
Time out for Combat Otis Sampson amazon.com
Treasures in My Heart letters-John Ray-F-Co
Triple Nickles-Story of the 555 Bradley Biggs Static Line $15.00
US Airborne Forces Gregory, Barry Amazon.com Gallery Books
US Paratrooper........1941-45 Smith,Carl-Chappell, M. Oxford
