{"product_id":"parachute-infantry-9780091957988","title":"Parachute Infantry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Kenyon Webster left Harvard to join the paratroopers, training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. He could have used the influence of his wealthy family to land a comfortable desk job, but he was determined to do his duty and to see the war from the point of view of an ordinary soldier. He parachuted into Normandy the night before the D-Day landings and later into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden, going on to participate in the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at the end of the war. After the war Webster worked as a journalist. On 9 September 1961, he went missing while shark fishing off the coast of California. His body was not found. His memoir remained unpublished until Stephen Ambrose discovered it, using it as a key source for his book \u003ci\u003eBand of Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e and later the series. It was Ambrose's championing of the work that led to its eventual publication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGutsy, sometimes bemused and sometimes angry … it bites and hangs on * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e[A] first-rate, skillfully written soldier's story * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written and perfectly evokes life and battle in a parachute infantry company * Washinton Post *\u003cbr\u003eHe understood the ties that bind men in battle have more to do with brotherhood and its obligations than ties to God or country * Kirkus Review *\u003cbr\u003ePerfectly pitched ... an authentic witness to the combat experience * Booklist *","brand":"Ebury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083349664087,"sku":"9780091957988","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780091957988.jpg?v=1725548633","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/parachute-infantry-9780091957988","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}