{"product_id":"remembrances-and-recollections-of-wwii-thomas-e-french-9798999879233","title":"REMEMBRANCES and RECOLLECTIONS of W.W.II","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn June 6, 1944, Thomas E. French stepped off the ramp of a landing craft and into the \"utter and complete chaos\" of Omaha Beach. As a soldier in Company \"I\" of the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, he was part of the third wave to assault the sector known as \"Easy Red.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eREMBERANCES and RECOLLECTIONS of W.W.II is the raw, first-hand account of a young man from Wisconsin who fought his way across Europe. From the hedgerows of Normandy to the hand-to-hand combat in Aachen, and through the frozen terror of the Battle of the Bulge, French's memoir captures the exhaustion, the fear, and the camaraderie of the \"Big Red One\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis journey culminates on the snow-covered slopes of Hill 587, where, pinned down and wounded, he faced the longest day of his life. More than just a battle history, this is the story of a soldier who, when facing a court-martial for seeking a moment of relief in Paris, told his superiors: \"What we had to do in battle, that was about dying! What I have just been doing is about living! ... If I do live, I will have won.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas E. French did live. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is his story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas E. French\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999879233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Xn3 Technologies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.25d","brand":"Thomas E. French","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48520194949375,"sku":"9798999879233","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e25fa6e-2f3e-40b4-b835-b8dad4cfc888.jpg?v=1778741307","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/remembrances-and-recollections-of-wwii-thomas-e-french-9798999879233","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}