This book is by a pair of men who recorded the story of a little-known event in WWII history, so obscure that most WWII historians can't even tell you where it happened exactly.

Most of us are familiar with the Band of Brothers and other books/movies like that, of course, and I was hoping for a similar narrative of the 3rd Btl 506 PIR and the events of D-Day and the taking of vital two bridges held by the Germans, but it's written like a cold documentary with little emotion. It was a struggle to read; the author would write a few paragraphs then insert a little paragraph-long anecdote that may or may not have been about the subject the author was addressing at that time. Very tedious writing style, to be sure.

Nonetheless, it is a fascinating topic, and little known. Knowing that someone lived through these events is emotional and motivational, and the book is well worth the struggle to read. ( )