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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Prices will likely be out of date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

Books marked with * were published with the help of agent/editor Gayle Wurst. Her passion is helping get the true stories of the 82nd Airborne - particularly those of the 505 RCT - out on the open market, so they may be shared with as many people as possible.

Gayle can be contacted at dropzone82nd@aol.com

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