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HE LIVED ON THE ABYSS OF DEATHAS A RECON SCOUT IN WORLD WAR II.From Africa?s Sahara Desert, where he met Churchill, to the plains of Tunisia, where he served under Patton, Fred Salter executed daring nightly solo missions, risking his life to gather the vital intelligence the U.S. Army desperately needed. After the battlefields of Sicily came the long, grueling effort to wrench Italy from the grip of the Nazis, and the bloody nightmare of Monte Cassino, the longest battle Americans fought during the war.Salter spares no one, least of all himself, in this tough, clear-eyed account. Refusing to shy away from the horrors and fears of combat, he shares experiences?tragic and glorious?that will haunt him forever.Product Identifiers
PublisherPresidio Press
ISBN-139780345446930
eBay Product ID (ePID)114805611
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SubjectHistory
Publication Year2001
Number of Pages376 Pages
Publication NameRecon Scout: Story of World War Ii
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorFred H. Salter
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height101 mm
Item Width152 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorFred H. Salter