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• catalog abstract "In 1989, Gregory Orfalea received notice that the first reunion of his father's World War II infantry battalion, the 551st, would be held in France. Still mourning the death of his father the year before, Orfalea decided to attend in his place, hoping to find some survivors of the unit who could help him piece together the lost story of his father's wartime experiences. What he discovered far exceeded his modest expectations. Why has this heroic unit's memory been all but completely erased from the military annals of the war? Why was the 551st sent to its destruction in a desperate assault on the village of Rochelinval during the Battle of the Bulge? And finally, how could the handful of frostbitten, bloodstained renegades that were the 551st's walking wounded actually take Rochelinval and win the day? Within hours of the 551st victory at Rochelinval, the last German Tiger tank had run out of fuel, Hitler's last chilling counteroffensive of the war was over, and the German Army was in full and final retreat. But Messengers of the Lost Battalion is more than an engaging history and powerful war story; it is also a moving tale about a son's search for his father - a soldier who delivered the messages of the battalion by motorbike.".
• catalog contributor b10235900.
• catalog created "c1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "c1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
• catalog description "And finally, how could the handful of frostbitten, bloodstained renegades that were the 551st's walking wounded actually take Rochelinval and win the day? Within hours of the 551st victory at Rochelinval, the last German Tiger tank had run out of fuel, Hitler's last chilling counteroffensive of the war was over, and the German Army was in full and final retreat. But Messengers of the Lost Battalion is more than an engaging history and powerful war story; it is also a moving tale about a son's search for his father - a soldier who delivered the messages of the battalion by motorbike.".
• catalog description "In 1989, Gregory Orfalea received notice that the first reunion of his father's World War II infantry battalion, the 551st, would be held in France. Still mourning the death of his father the year before, Orfalea decided to attend in his place, hoping to find some survivors of the unit who could help him piece together the lost story of his father's wartime experiences. What he discovered far exceeded his modest expectations. Why has this heroic unit's memory been all but completely erased from the military annals of the war? Why was the 551st sent to its destruction in a desperate assault on the village of Rochelinval during the Battle of the Bulge?".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "The Old Men Return: Europe, August 1989 -- Band of outsiders -- "And there is it--my tree!" -- "Always the farthest one back" -- A lonely hutch -- Peace in Nice -- We are what we remember -- Getting my orders down deep -- Hello, Earth!: Training to be Airborne -- Contact -- A family steeped in war -- Geronimo! -- The Frying Pan -- Panama: the First (Secret) Mission -- Freaks of nature -- The Panama City riot -- Spotlight's rebellion -- A shadow-box of lepers -- Martinique -- Foreboding: the Night Jump Drownings at Mackall -- The pups' death -- The glider jumps -- Joerg departs -- "You're all rabble!" -- "His legs were tangled in tree stumps" -- The spared -- The secret inquest -- My father's hollow egg -- War at Last: Operation Dragoon into Southern France -- GOYA! GOYA! GOYA! -- "All of us are going to get it" -- Rome -- The last communion before the invasion -- "Jacques, there are three Americans by the pond" -- The capture of Draguignan -- First to Nice -- Holding the Crags: Ski Patrol in the Maritime Alps -- Shellings on the border -- My father the messenger -- Cards and nerves -- To Laon -- Speartip: at the Battle of the Bulge -- Huempfner's one-man war -- A bloody shirt -- Hitler rolls the dice -- The GOYAs face the 1st SS Panzers -- Christmas at Ster -- "He's fixing to sacrifice us" -- Night raid on Noirefontaine -- The counteroffensive hatched -- January 3, 1945 -- January 4: The bayonet attack -- January 5: Russians in Belgium -- January 6: The fateful call -- Tall Snow: Death at Rochelinval -- "A large spark flashed on his helmet" -- The infant -- The disbandment -- No record, no honors -- To the end of the line unknown -- Home -- Abyss of peace -- A GOYA in 'Nam -- The unspeakable -- A happy death.".
• catalog extent "xxiv, 408 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Messengers of the lost battalion.".
• catalog identifier "0684828049".
• catalog isFormatOf "Messengers of the lost battalion.".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "c1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
• catalog relation "Messengers of the lost battalion.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "940.54/21431 20".
• catalog subject "Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.".
• catalog subject "D756.5.A7 O74 1997".
• catalog subject "Orfalea, Aref, -1985.".
• catalog subject "Soldiers United States Biography.".
• catalog subject "United States. Army Biography.".
• catalog subject "United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 551st History.".
• catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The Old Men Return: Europe, August 1989 -- Band of outsiders -- "And there is it--my tree!" -- "Always the farthest one back" -- A lonely hutch -- Peace in Nice -- We are what we remember -- Getting my orders down deep -- Hello, Earth!: Training to be Airborne -- Contact -- A family steeped in war -- Geronimo! -- The Frying Pan -- Panama: the First (Secret) Mission -- Freaks of nature -- The Panama City riot -- Spotlight's rebellion -- A shadow-box of lepers -- Martinique -- Foreboding: the Night Jump Drownings at Mackall -- The pups' death -- The glider jumps -- Joerg departs -- "You're all rabble!" -- "His legs were tangled in tree stumps" -- The spared -- The secret inquest -- My father's hollow egg -- War at Last: Operation Dragoon into Southern France -- GOYA! GOYA! GOYA! -- "All of us are going to get it" -- Rome -- The last communion before the invasion -- "Jacques, there are three Americans by the pond" -- The capture of Draguignan -- First to Nice -- Holding the Crags: Ski Patrol in the Maritime Alps -- Shellings on the border -- My father the messenger -- Cards and nerves -- To Laon -- Speartip: at the Battle of the Bulge -- Huempfner's one-man war -- A bloody shirt -- Hitler rolls the dice -- The GOYAs face the 1st SS Panzers -- Christmas at Ster -- "He's fixing to sacrifice us" -- Night raid on Noirefontaine -- The counteroffensive hatched -- January 3, 1945 -- January 4: The bayonet attack -- January 5: Russians in Belgium -- January 6: The fateful call -- Tall Snow: Death at Rochelinval -- "A large spark flashed on his helmet" -- The infant -- The disbandment -- No record, no honors -- To the end of the line unknown -- Home -- Abyss of peace -- A GOYA in 'Nam -- The unspeakable -- A happy death.".
• catalog title "Messengers of the lost battalion : the heroic 551st and the turning of the tide at the Battle of the Bulge / Gregory Orfalea.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".