You're a good man, sergeant : the World War II combat memoir of an armored infantryman in Patton's Third Army /

"Sergeant Paul S. Porter experienced combat like few soldiers have lived to write about. Serving with the Fourth Armored Division in Company B, 53rd Armored Infantry Battalion, Porter and his light machine gun squad entered the front line of World War II on July 17, 1944, and were soon in the t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Porter, Paul S., 1923-1985 (Author)
Other Authors:	Porter, Colleen C., 1953- (Editor), Fox, Don M., 1958-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2024]
Subjects:	Porter, Paul S., > 1923-1985. United States. > Army. > Armored Division, 4th. United States. > Army. > Armored Infantry Battalion, 53rd. > Company B. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front. World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American. Soldiers > United States > Biography. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Front occidental.

Table of Contents:

Welcome to Normandy
Death of a Lieutenant
Fighting Two Wars
Leaving the Hedgerows Behind
Don't Mess with a Dragon
Wine, Women and Troyes
God Takes Care of Drunks and Fools
The Mysteries of War
A New Buck Sergeant
Another Town to Clear
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
A Godforsaken Village.