Battling Buzzards: The Odyssey of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, 1943–1945

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Gerald Astor

Battling Buzzards

The Odyssey of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, 1943–1945

Gerald Astor

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Presidio Press
15 October 2001

European history; Second World War; Special & elite forces

The Few and the Brave

Convinced by 1943 that the assault upon Nazi-held Europe would yield swiftly to elite troops, the U.S. Army created parachute regimental combat teams. Drawing on daring volunteers willing to hurl themselves from airplanes and hit the ground fighting, the 517th PRCT became one of the most highly trained airborne units in the world.

Blooded in northern Italy in 1944, the Battling Buzzards dropped at night in southern France for the second D-day to spearhead a savage advance through the Champagne region and then into the Alps.

Gerald Astor, acclaimed author of A Blood-Dimmed Tide, draws on the words of the men of the 517th to create this gripping, action-packed account of a unit that existed for only two years but fought heroically to defeat the vaunted German forces.

From its campaign in Italy to its assault in the French Alps, the Battling Buzzards helped push the Germans out of southern Europe one fierce, close-quarter battle at a time. Then, after six months of nonstop action, the exhausted, battle-hardened 517th was called into the ultimate battle - at a place called The Bulge....

By: Gerald Astor
Imprint: Presidio Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 174mm, Width: 106mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 219g
ISBN: 9780440236931
ISBN 10: 0440236932
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 15 October 2001
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gerald Astor is a World War II veteran and award-winning journalist and historian whose articles have appeared in the New York Times, Playboy, and Esquire. He is also the author of A Blood-Dimmed Tide- The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It and Operation Iceberg- The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II. He makes his home in Scarsdale, New York.

Reviews for Battling Buzzards: The Odyssey of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, 1943–1945

“Absorbing, informative ... tellingly detailed.” — Kirkus Reviews Also by Gerald Astor: The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It Operation Iceberg: The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II Available from Dell