Len Lomell
D-Day Hero (American War Heroes)
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The exhilarating, inspiring story of Len Lomell, an Army Ranger who on D-Day almost single-handedly knocked out the big German guns before they could fire on the American invasion force, and whose later exploits spanned the most dramatic battles of World War II.
Len Lomell was drafted to the United States Army in 1942, became an Army Ranger, and was soon sent to England to prepare for the D-Day invasion. At Point du Hoc, Lomell and his men were given a daunting mission—to scale the steep cliffs and disable the big German guns at the top, guns that could otherwise destroy the rest of the D-Day landing fleet. Despite incredible odds, it was a mission that Lomell completed almost single-handedly.
In this stirring, action-packed book, Gillon details the incredibly heroic actions on D-Day—and throughout World War II—that ultimately won Lomell the Distinguished Service Cross, a Silver Star, and a Bronze Star. Lomell was later praised by Stephen Ambrose as the single most important person in the success of D-Day after General Eisenhower.
With propulsive writing, nuanced research, and multiple personal interviews with Lomell, Gillon brings an unforgettable WWII hero to life, finally giving him the recognition he so richly deserves.
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Stuart Hills embarked his Sherman DD tank on to an LCT at 6:45 a.m., Sunday, June 4th, 1944. He was 20 years old, un-blooded, fresh from a public-school background, and officer cadet training. He was going to war. Two days later, his tank sunk; he and his crew landed from a rubber dinghy with just the clothes they stood in. After that, the struggles through the Normandy bocage in a replacement tank, engaging the enemy in a constant round of close encounters, led to a swift mastering of the art of tank warfare and remarkable survival in the midst of carnage and destruction.
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First “The Big Show” now this?!
- De S. H. Moore en 05-19-21
De: Stuart Hills, y otros
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Biggest Brother
- The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers
- De: Larry Alexander
- Narrado por: Traber Burns
- Duración: 13 h y 57 m
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They were Easy Company, 101st Army Airborne - the World War II fighting unit legendary for their bravery against nearly insurmountable odds and their loyalty to one another in the face of death. Every soldier in this band of brothers looked to one man for leadership, devotion to duty, and the embodiment of courage: Major Dick Winters. This is the riveting story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary hero.
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- De Vera Family en 09-24-21
De: Larry Alexander
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X Troop
- The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II
- De: Leah Garrett
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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June 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich has fallen across the European continent. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees who have escaped to Britain. The resulting volunteers are a motley group of intellectuals, artists, and athletes, most from Germany and Austria. Many have been interned as enemy aliens and have lost their families, their homes - their whole worlds. They will stop at nothing to defeat the Nazis.
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Very amazing and moving story!
- De Jonathan D. Feldman en 09-18-21
De: Leah Garrett
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At Leningrad's Gates
- The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North
- De: William Lubbeck
- Narrado por: Jonathan Cowley
- Duración: 8 h y 47 m
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This is the remarkable story of a German soldier who fought throughout World War II, rising from conscript private to captain of a heavy weapons company on the Eastern Front. >William Lubbeck, age 19, was drafted into the Wehrmacht in August 1939. As a member of the 58th Infantry Division, he received his baptism of fire during the 1940 invasion of France. The following spring his division served on the left flank of Army Group North in Operation Barbarossa.
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Another Great German Soldier's Memoir
- De Erik en 12-19-14
De: William Lubbeck
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The Last Hill
- The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII
- De: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
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They were known as “Rudder’s Rangers,” the most elite and experienced attack unit the Army had. In December 1944, they would be the spearhead into Germany, taking the war into Hitler’s homeland at last. Their colonel was given this objective: Take Hill 400. After two days, when they were finally relieved, only 16 Rangers remained to stagger down from the top of Hill 400. The Last Hill is filled with unforgettable action and characters—a gripping, finely detailed saga of what the survivors of the battalion would call “our longest day.”
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more a history of the rangers in ww2
- De M. Johannes en 10-12-23
De: Bob Drury, y otros
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Marine!
- The Life of Chesty Puller
- De: Burke Davis
- Narrado por: Bill Thatcher
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
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In the glorious chronicles of the US Marine Corps, no name is more revered than that of Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. The only fighting man to receive the Navy Cross five separate times - a military honor second only to the Congressional Medal of Honor - he was the epitome of a professional warrior.
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good book, God awful reading.
- De Amazon Customer en 12-28-21
De: Burke Davis
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The Rifle
- Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand
- De: Andrew Biggio
- Narrado por: Shawn Compton
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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The Rifle is the inspirational story of a 28-year-old US Marine, Andrew Biggio, who returned home from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, full of questions about the price of war. He found answers from those who survived the costliest war of all - WWII veterans. It began when Biggio bought a 1945 M1 Garand Rifle, the most common rifle used in WWII. When Biggio showed the gun to his neighbor, WWII veteran Corporal Joseph Drago, it unlocked memories Drago had kept unspoken for 50 years.
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A must read
- De david cohen en 06-03-21
De: Andrew Biggio
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Guadalcanal Marine
- De: Kerry L. Lane
- Narrado por: Kenneth Lee
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
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In Guadalcanal Marine, Lt. Col. Kerry L. Lane recounts the dark reality of combat experienced by the men of the 1st Marine Division fighting on Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester. With 80 gripping photographs and his text, he brings to life the struggles of his companions as they achieve these two astonishing victories.
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I want to give a very honest review.
- De Jfm en 07-12-15
De: Kerry L. Lane
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All the Way to Berlin
- A Paratrooper at War in Europe
- De: James Megellas
- Narrado por: Richard M. Davidson
- Duración: 2 h y 34 m
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In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as "Maggie" to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82nd Airborne Division, his new "home" for the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains outside Naples.
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Incredible book - narrator was terrible
- De joseph metz en 01-06-22
De: James Megellas
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In Mortal Combat
- Korea, 1950-1953
- De: John Toland
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 27 h y 30 m
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In this brilliant narrative of America's first limited war, Toland lets both the events and the participants speak for themselves, employing scrupulous archival research and interviews as the bases for the drama and accuracy of his writing. In Mortal Combat reveals Mao's prediction of the date and place of MacArthur's Inchon landing, Russia's indifference to the war, Mao's secret leadership of the North Korean military, and the true nature of both sides' treatment and repatriation of POWs.
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Slightly disappointed
- De Patrick en 09-02-19
De: John Toland
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The Lions of Iwo Jima
- The Story of Combat Team 28 and the Bloodiest Battle in Marine Corps History
- De: Major General Fred Haynes (USMC-Ret.), James A. Warren
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
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It was the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, claiming a third of all marines killed in World War II. The relentless fighting on Iwo Jima lasted for 36 days, but most of us only know the iconic photo of five soldiers raising the American flag on Mount Surabachi. For Fred Haynes, a young captain in Combat Team 28, Surabachi was one marker in a ferocious blood-letting against an enemy of 22,000 warriors who were dug into caves and tunnels.
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Excellent Account of the Battle
- De Jesse en 11-25-11
De: Major General Fred Haynes (USMC-Ret.), y otros
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Unknown Valor
- A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima
- De: Martha MacCallum
- Narrado por: Martha MacCallum
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
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In honor of the 75th anniversary of one of the most critical battles of World War II, the popular primetime Fox News anchor of The Story with Martha MacCallum pays tribute to the heroic men who sacrificed everything at Iwo Jima to defeat the Armed Forces of Emperor Hirohito - among them, a member of her own family, Harry Gray.
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What a storyteller
- De Kathleen F Gallop en 02-27-20
De: Martha MacCallum
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The Winter Army
- The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors
- De: Maurice Isserman
- Narrado por: Brian Troxell
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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At the start of World War II, the US Army had two cavalry divisions - and no mountain troops. The German Wehrmacht, in contrast, had many well-trained and battle-hardened mountain divisions, some of whom by 1943 blocked the Allied advance in the Italian campaign. Starting from scratch, the US Army developed a unique military fighting force, the 10th Mountain Division, drawn from the ranks of civilian skiers, mountaineers, and others with outdoor experience.
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American Exceptionalism
- De UpNorth Smile en 03-14-24
De: Maurice Isserman
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Taking Berlin
- The Bloody Race to Defeat the Third Reich
- De: Martin Dugard
- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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Fall, 1944. Paris has been liberated, saved from destruction, but this diversion on the road to Berlin has given the Germans time to regroup. The American and British armies press on from the west, facing the enemy time and again in the Hurtgen Forest, during the Market-Garden invasion, and at the Battle of the Bulge, all while American general George Patton and British field marshal Bernard Montgomery vie for supremacy as the Allies’ top battlefield commander.
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Great until personal politics showed up
- De UP North en 12-16-22
De: Martin Dugard
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Len Lomell
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- ian
- 12-05-24
Woke ending
Would be 5 stars, it was a great book about a great man but near the end they try to equate him as "being woke before woke was a thing" simply by being a good person with no prejudices. Ludicrous...
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- J.Brock
- 07-12-23
Great series
The American war hero series is excellent. Len Lomell is no exception. It’s the perfect length to give his heroics on D-Day and other battles their proper due. Not just like Lomell himself, or so the reader learns, the book doesn’t linger there. It gives you the complete picture if the man without too much detail, making tangents impossible. The entire series is perfectly concise. Oh to have such men on this generation alive today. How they are missed. Excellent all around.
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