In the Spirit of Stephen Ambrose and Cornelius Ryan, J. E. Kaufmann and H. W. Kaufmann weave together firsthand accounts from veterans to tell the story of the American GI in the European theater of operations in World War II, from stateside training to overseas combat. The final volume in this trilogy details the campaign in Normandy and the invasion of southern France during the summer of 1944.The Kaufmanns' dramatic you-are-there approach allows the action to unfold in the words of the participants---the paratroopers who regrouped after scattered air drops to attack the Germans; the soldiers who slogged inland from Omaha and Utah Beaches and battled through dense hedgerows for brutal weeks following D-Day; the troops who took Carentan, Cherbourg, St. Lo, and numerous other towns and villages in Normandy; the GIs who landed in southern France and began the difficult drive north; and the quartermasters, drivers, and medics who kept the American war machine running. They are the brave men who launched the liberation of a continent, and these are their stories. Read Less