First Across the Rhine: The Story of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in France, Belgium, and Germany

Pergrin, David

ISBN 10: 0689120338 / ISBN 13: 9780689120336

Published by Atheneum, N.Y., 1989

About this Item

very nice copy; embossed stamp of previous owner on endpaper; author was the unit commander.

Seller Inventory # 047578

Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Across the Rhine: The Story of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in France, Belgium, and Germany
• Publisher: Atheneum, N.Y.
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0689120338
• ISBN 13: 9780689120336
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Second World War::France 1944
  • Second World War

About this title

Synopsis

Recounts the adventures of the U.S. soldiers who led the way to the Battle of the Bulge

From the Inside Flap

t, there was no bridge too far. From Normandy to the heart of Germany itself, the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion literally paved the way for the Allies' final march to victory in Europe. Comprised of the best and the toughest among American enlisted men, proving they could take the worst of combat, and more important, give it back, the 291st both built and blew up vital bridges, stood its ground against the crushing Panzer spearhead during the Battle of the Bulge, and provided critical access over the Rhine in the face of enormous resistance.

This is the 291st's story, dramatically told by the man who served as its commander.