The Making of a Paratrooper
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The memoir of paratrooper Kurt Gabel?a German Jew who emigrated to the US in 1938, joined the 513th Regiment of the 17th Airborne Division, and fought against his former countrymen in the Battle of the Bulge.
Gabel conveys with rare immediacy an in-depth look at the training of a paratrooper, the dangers of combat, and his transformation from romantic idealist to warrior. He vividly recounts the fire fights and such episodes as narrow escapes, separation from his battalion and his rescue by another, and the interrogation of prisoners. He tells the full story of his desperate hours on ?Dead Man's Ridge? near Bastogne.
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Foreword, Theodore A. Wilson
Acknowledgments
Introduction, William C. Mitchell
Part One. Training
1. Hollywood, 1943
2. Initiation
3. Fort Benning: The Frying Pan
4. Parachute Basic Training I
5. Parachute Basic Training II
6. Jump Training: B Stage
7. Jump Training: C Stage
8. Jump Training: D Stage
9. England
Part Two. Combat
10. France and Belgium, December 1944?1945
11. Mande St. Etienne (Bastogne)
12. Bois de Fragette
13. Toward the Our River
14. To Niederwiltz, Luxembourg
15. Niederwiltz
16. Chalons-sur-Marne, February 1945
Epilogue. One Last Great Jump: Operation Varsity, William C. Mitchell
Appendixes, William C. Mitchell
