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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.

The Making of a Paratrooper Airborne Training

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    A Paperback by Kurt Gabel, William C. Mitchell, Theodore A. Wilson

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      Publisher MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas
      Published 8 July 2015
      ISBN-13 9780700621378
      978-0700621378
      ISBN-10 0700621377
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      Second World War Special and elite forces

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      Book Synopsis
      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.

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