{"product_id":"from-anzio-to-the-alps-lloyd-m-wells-9780826222060","title":"From Anzio to the Alps: An American Soldier's Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis compelling work is Lloyd M. Wells's firsthand account of World War II based on a journal he kept during the war, letters he sent home, and personal records, as well as recollections of people and events.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn June 1941, the twenty-one-year-old Wells was drafted into the army. He was commissioned second lieutenant after he attended O.C.S. and was later promoted to first lieutenant with the First Armored Division. He saw action in North Africa, Italy, and Germany and was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, the Purple Heart, and the Bronze Star.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWells offers the reader information that has never before been provided. He tells exactly what happened to 2\/7 Queens on the night of February 21, 1944, when the troops came up to \"the caves\" at Anzio. He also depicts what happened during the last offensive in Italy and what armored infantry troops experienced on the perimeter of the attack. This book, however, is not just a story of battle actions. It is a personal story about the \"old Army\" and how young soldiers were transformed by it during one of the greatest upheavals in world history.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWells's goal in writing this book was to leave behind \"an account of a simpler time and of the funny, sad, terrorizing, and tender moments of a war which, with the death of each man or woman who lived through it, recedes just a little bit further into the nation's past.\" He accomplished that and so much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lloyd M. Wells\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826222064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826222060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Lloyd M. Wells","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742344327423,"sku":"9780826222060","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-anzio-to-the-alps-lloyd-m-wells-9780826222060","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}