Omaha Beach and Beyond: The Long March of Sergeant Bob Slaughter - Softcover

Slaughter, John Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0760337349 ISBN 13: 9780760337349

Publisher: Zenith Press, 2009

Synopsis

"Slaughter vividly conveys the reality of combat during World War II in his book with sweeping passages that literally place his reader on the battlefield beside him." Belvoir Eagle

Before D-Day, regular army soldiers called the National Guardsmen of Virginia's 116th Infantry Regiment "Home Nannies" and "Weekend Warriors" and worse. On June 6, 1944, on Omaha Beach, however, these proud Virginians who carried the legacy of the famed Stonewall Brigade showed the regular army and the world what true valor really was. In this moving World War II memoir, the author captures the life of GI Joe from pre-Pearl Harbor days through training, deployment overseas, and more training. All leads up to D-Day and Normandy on June 6, 1944, when Sergeant Bob Slaughter came across Omaha Beach with Company D of the 116th Infantry and the Bedford Boys.

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Review

This is a newly published title, that, if you are interested in the Normandy campaign, you will not be able to put down. It's about the porgress of John Robert Slaughter through the US National Guard, which he joined in 1941 before the attack on Pearl Harbour. His military career then took on new meaning and on June 6th, 1944, he landed on Omaha Beach with the 116th infantry Regiment, of which nearly one thousand men were killed. The book is extremely well written and provides stirring insight into the events of this period of history and I thoroughly recommend it. --Tamiya Military Modeling magazine, January, 2010

I have been privileged to know Bob Slaughter for almost twenty years, a period during which I observed his passion to keep alive the spirit of those men, living and dead, who participated in the great D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. His commitment to the history of that great event, in which he was a participant, has never wavered. In Omaha Beach and Beyond: The Long March of Bob Slaughter readers can now learn firsthand the story of this remarkable American soldier and patriot. Joseph Balkoski, Maryland National Guard Command Historian and author, Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy... The long march of Sergeant Bob Slaughter as told in Omaha Beach and Beyond gives the reader the memories that Bob has lived with every day for the past sixty-three years. After reading this, his memories will live with you too, forever! Major Richard D. Winters, Distinguished Service Cross, E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne, U.S. Army, World War II...Bob Slaughter s recollection of the fighting in France after the D-Day invasion is a firsthand account of a soldier s experience that tells it like it was for all of us who were there. Staff Sergeant Walter D. Ehlers, Congressional Medal of Honor, Company D, 18th Infantry, 1st Division, U.S. Army, World War II...Omaha Beach and Beyond is an excellent account of a Ranger-trained 29th Division infantryman in World War II. It s a quick, exciting, and rewarding read. 1st Sergeant Leonard G. Lomell, Distinguished Service Cross, Company D,2nd Ranger Battalion, Battlefield Commission, U.S. Army, World War II... Slaughter vividly conveys the reality of combat during World War II in his book with sweeping passages that literally place his reader on the battlefield beside him. --Belvoir Eagle, July 25, 2007

From the Back Cover

"The long march of Sergeant Bob Slaughter as told in "Omaha Beach and Beyond" gives the reader the memories that Bob has lived with every day for the past sixty-three years. After reading this, his memories will live with you too, forever!Major Richard D. Winters, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne ("Band of Brothers"), and author of "Beyond Band of Brothers" Stephen Ambrose, the distinguished historian/writer of D-Day and my father, once looked me in the eye and said, "I want to introduce you to my hero: Bob Slaughter."Hugh Ambrose, The National World War II Museum A true epic, this book should be required reading in every American school . . . I cannot recommend it highly enough.Alex Kershaw, author of "The Bedford Boys"" "Slaughter vividly conveys the reality of combat during World War II in his book with sweeping passages that literally place his reader on the battlefield beside him."Roanoke"" Times" A riveting story of unsurpassed gallantry and sacrifice that all Americans need to hear.David "Mudcat" Saunders, co-author of "Foxes in the Henhouse" Desperate for a decent paying job, John Robert Slaughter joined the National Guard in early 1941. The possibility of combat duty seemed remote, not even a part of the decision. Then came Pearl Harbor. On June 6, 1944, Slaughter landed on Omaha Beach with the 116th Infantry, which lost nearly a thousand men. But "Bloody Omaha" was only the beginning of a march that would take him to Holland, the Bulge, and Germany itself. Slaughter would survive a mortar wound and continue the fight toward final victory in Europe. His gripping memoir captures the feelings of a young man facing the challenges of war and being one of the lucky ones who made it home. After the war Slaughter became a career newspaper journalist. He was a leader in the creation of the National D-Day Memorial. Slaughter lives in Roanoke, Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Zenith Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0760337349
• ISBN 13: 9780760337349
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 306