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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
    Publication Date: 8/7/2015 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780700621378, 978-0700621378
    ISBN10: 0700621377
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    Military History 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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