Visions From a Foxhole
A Rifleman in Patton's Ghost Corps
Nonfiction, History, Military, World War II, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | William Foley | ISBN: | 9780307417657 |
| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group | Publication: | December 18, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Presidio Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | William Foley |
| ISBN: | 9780307417657 |
| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group |
| Publication: | December 18, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Presidio Press |
| Language: | English |
An absolutely harrowing first-person account of the 94th Infantry Division’s bold campaign to break through Hitler’s “impregnable” Siegfried line at the end of World War II
Eighteen-year-old William Foley was afraid the war would be over before he got there, but the rifleman was sent straight to the front lines, arriving January 25, 1945–just in time to join the 94th Infantry Division poised at Hitler’s legendary West Wall. By the time Foley finally managed to grab a few hours sleep three nights later, he’d already fought in a bloody attack that left sixty percent of his battalion dead or wounded. That was just the beginning of one of the toughest, bloodiest challenges the 94th would ever face: breaking through the Siegfried Line. Now, in Visions from a Foxhole, Foley recaptures that desperate, nerve-shattering struggle in all its horror and heroism.
Features the author’s artwork of his fellow soldiers and battle scenes, literally sketched from the foxhole
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An absolutely harrowing first-person account of the 94th Infantry Division’s bold campaign to break through Hitler’s “impregnable” Siegfried line at the end of World War II
Eighteen-year-old William Foley was afraid the war would be over before he got there, but the rifleman was sent straight to the front lines, arriving January 25, 1945–just in time to join the 94th Infantry Division poised at Hitler’s legendary West Wall. By the time Foley finally managed to grab a few hours sleep three nights later, he’d already fought in a bloody attack that left sixty percent of his battalion dead or wounded. That was just the beginning of one of the toughest, bloodiest challenges the 94th would ever face: breaking through the Siegfried Line. Now, in Visions from a Foxhole, Foley recaptures that desperate, nerve-shattering struggle in all its horror and heroism.
Features the author’s artwork of his fellow soldiers and battle scenes, literally sketched from the foxhole
Look for these remarkable stories of American courage at war
BEHIND HITLER’S LINES
The True Story of the Only Soldier to Fight for Both
America and the Soviet Union in World War II
Thomas H. Taylor
THE HILL FIGHTS
The First Battle of Khe Sanh
by Edward F. Murphy
NO BENDED KNEE
The Battle for Guadalcanal
by Gen. Merrill B. Twining, USMC (Ret.)
THE ROAD TO BAGHDAD
Behind Enemy Lines: The Adventures of an American Soldier in the Gulf War
by Martin Stanton
