
Jump Commander
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In his distinguished service during World War II, Col. Mark James Alexander took command of three separate battalions of parachute infantrymen within the 82nd Airborne Division. A legend in his own time, he fought in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France. Even after sustaining serious wounds in Normandy, he insisted on playing a role in the Battle of the Bulge.
Alexander's exploits in Italy, from capturing hundreds of prisoners in Sicily to holding ground against German counterattacks in Salerno, won him a reputation known from the lowest private to Airborne generals Gavin and Ridgway. At Normandy, Lt. John "Red Dog" Dolan called him "the finest battalion commander I ever served under," after witnessing his leadership through the bloody battle for La Fière Bridge and Causeway.
This memoir is based on the transcription of hundreds of hours of recorded interviews made by Alexander's grandson, John Sparry, over a period of years late in his life. Providing valuable insight into the beloved commander who led three of the most storied battalions in the US Army, Jump Commander also contains a wealth of new detail on 82nd Airborne operations and unique insight into some of the most crucial battles in the European Theater.
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Content
- Intro
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR
- PRELUDE
- THE FIRST JUMP
- LEARNING TO FIGHT
- PREPARING FOR WAR
- EARLY DAYS IN THE 505 PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT
- NORTH AFRICA
- SICILY: FROM THE JUMP TO BIAZZO RIDGE
- ON TO TRAPANI
- RETURN TO NORTH AFRICA AND PREPARATIONS FOR ITALY
- FROM SALERNO TO NAPLES
- TO THE VOLTURNO: THE BATTLE OF ARNONE
- DUTY IN NAPLES
- NORTHERN IRELAND
- ENGLAND
- D-DAY: JUNE 6, 1944
- LA FIÈRE BRIDGE AND CAUSEWAY
- MONTEBOURG STATION
- WESTWARD TO THE DOUVE: THE BATTLE OF ST. SAUVEUR-LE-VICOMTE
- THE 508 PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT
- HILL 95
- RECOVERY, HOLLAND AND THE BULGE
- RETURN AND TRANSITION
- YOU CAN TAKE THE PARATROOPER OUT OF THE FIGHT, BUT.
- NOTE TO VETERANS
- EDITOR'S NOTE
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CITED SOURCES
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