Entering battle by parachute was the easy part. Packed with information for U.S. Airborne enthusiasts of all kinds, this volume provides a critical context for

Tells the story of the F Company of the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th US Airborne Division. Describes the selection and training of this elite force a

On 25 May 1944, 800 men of the 500th SS Parachute Battalion descended on Drvar, a town behind enemy lines in north-western Bosnia. Their aim was to kill or capt

David Kenyon Webster’s memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and