Author(s)

Michel De Trez

ISBN

2960017641

Topic

Paratroopers

Publisher

WWII American Paratroopers Por

Year

2002

Series

The Way We Were #N° 2

Cover

Soft

Pages

72

Description

Colonel Bob Piper served as a platoon leader in "G" Company, 505th PIR. He was Rgtl. Adjutant (S-1) and then Rgtl. Intelligence Officer (S-2) and made all four of the combat jumps effected by the 82nd Airborne Division during WWII. He was wounded only once, in Sicily. His story is retold here through many photographs, and some of his own memorabilia, including original uniforms, badges and emblems. This is the second book in this new series depicting the lives of the men of the airborne forces in World War ll.