The Resource Biggest brother: : the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the band of brothers, Larry Alexander
Biggest brother: : the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the band of brothers, Larry Alexander
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- Summary
- They were the Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Army Airborne, the legendary fighting unit of World War II. And there was one man every soldier in Easy Company looked up to--Major Richard D. Winters. Here is the compelling story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary hero--from Winter's childhood in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, through the war years in which his natural skill as a leader elevated him through the ranks in combat, to now, decades later, when he may finally be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on D-Day
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxii, 297 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780451218391
- Label
- Biggest brother: : the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the band of brothers
- Title
- Biggest brother:
- Title remainder
- the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the band of brothers
- Statement of responsibility
- Larry Alexander
- Subject
-
- Biography
- History
- Military campaigns
- Regimental histories
- Soldiers
- Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
- trueSoldiers -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Biography
- United States, Army -- Biography
- United States, Army | Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th | Company E
- 1939 - 1945
- United States, Army | Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th | Company E -- History
- Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
- Winters, Richard D
- Winters, Richard D
- Winters, Richard D
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
- United States, Army | Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th | Company E -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- They were the Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Army Airborne, the legendary fighting unit of World War II. And there was one man every soldier in Easy Company looked up to--Major Richard D. Winters. Here is the compelling story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary hero--from Winter's childhood in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, through the war years in which his natural skill as a leader elevated him through the ranks in combat, to now, decades later, when he may finally be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on D-Day
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alexander, Larry
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- D769.348 506th
- LC item number
- .A43 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Winters, Richard D
- Winters, Richard D
- Winters, Richard D
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soldiers
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soldiers
- Military campaigns
- Regimental histories
- Soldiers
- United States
- Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
- Label
- Biggest brother: : the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the band of brothers, Larry Alexander
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page [291]) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1090429
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xxii, 297 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780451218391
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780451218391
- (OCoLC)149661210
- Label
- Biggest brother: : the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the band of brothers, Larry Alexander
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page [291]) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1090429
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xxii, 297 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780451218391
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780451218391
- (OCoLC)149661210
Subject
- Biography
- History
- Military campaigns
- Regimental histories
- Soldiers
- Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
- trueSoldiers -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Biography
- United States, Army -- Biography
- United States, Army | Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th | Company E
- 1939 - 1945
- United States, Army | Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th | Company E -- History
- Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
- Winters, Richard D
- Winters, Richard D
- Winters, Richard D
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
- United States, Army | Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th | Company E -- History
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