REMEMBRANCES and RECOLLECTIONS of W.W.II

<p>On June 6 1944 Thomas E. French stepped off the ramp of a landing craft and into the utter and complete chaos of Omaha Beach. As a soldier in Company I of the 18th Infantry Regiment 1st Infantry Division he was part of the third wave to assault the sector known as Easy Red.</p><p></p><p>REMBERANCES and RECOLLECTIONS of W.W.II is the raw first-hand account of a young man from Wisconsin who fought his way across Europe. From the hedgerows of Normandy to the hand-to-hand combat in Aachen and through the frozen terror of the Battle of the Bulge French's memoir captures the exhaustion the fear and the camaraderie of the Big Red One.</p><p></p><p>His journey culminates on the snow-covered slopes of Hill 587 where pinned down and wounded he faced the longest day of his life. More than just a battle history this is the story of a soldier who when facing a court-martial for seeking a moment of relief in Paris told his superiors: What we had to do in battle that was about dying! What I have just been doing is about living! ... If I do live I will have won.</p><p></p><p>Thomas E. French did live. </p><p></p><p>This is his story.</p>