The Untold Story of Ernie Pyle, John Huston, and the Fight for Purple Heart Valley
by
Tim Brady
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
By the time Mark Clark’s Fifth Army reached the small village of San Pietro north of Naples in the first week of December 1943, a tough but rapid sweep through Sicily came to a muddy halt. On the slopes of a distant mountain, the death of a single platoon captain, Henry Waskow, epitomized the struggle.
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