Every man a hero, a memoir of D-Day, the first wave at Omaha Beach, and a world at war, Ray Lambert and Jim DeFelice
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Every man a hero, a memoir of D-Day, the first wave at Omaha Beach, and a world at war, Ray Lambert and Jim DeFelice
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-269) and index
resource.biographical
autobiography
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
Every man a hero
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bibliography
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1080430655
Responsibility statement
Ray Lambert and Jim DeFelice
Sub title
a memoir of D-Day, the first wave at Omaha Beach, and a world at war
Summary
"Seventy-five years ago, he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now Ray Lambert, ninety-eight years old, delivers one of the most remarkable memoirs, a tour-de-force of remembrance evoking his role as a decorated World War II medic who risked his life to save the heroes of D-Day."--Publisher's description
Table Of Contents
Introduction: 0-hour+15 / by Jim DeFelice -- Prologue: Why we remember -- Early days -- Echoes of war -- Infamy and England -- Lighting the torch -- My life in my hands -- Husky -- (Some) rest for the weary -- A mighty endeavor -- Beyond despair -- Deliverance -- Breakout -- The rewards of peace -- Legacy -- Collaborator's note: Bringing Ray's story to the page / by Jim DeFelice -- Appendix A: The combat medics of World War II -- Appendix B: Battle fatigue, psychoneurosis, and PTSD in Waorld War II -- Appendix C: Further reading
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- Personal narratives
- Lambert, Ray, Arnold Ray
- World War, 1939-1945 + Medical care -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratieves, American
- World War, 1939-1945 + Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- World War, 1939-1945 + Veterans -- Biography
- Operation Neptune
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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- Personal narratives
- Lambert, Ray, Arnold Ray
- World War, 1939-1945 + Medical care -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratieves, American
- World War, 1939-1945 + Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- World War, 1939-1945 + Veterans -- Biography
- Operation Neptune
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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