The D-Day Tapes: 7 World War II interviews on 11 CDs, Normandy, Slapton Sands

Description: The D-Day Tapes an audiobook on CD Aaron Elson began interviewing D-Day veterans in 1994, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the "Longest Day." In this unique, 11-hour audiobook, you'll meet seven veterans who took part in the invasion. Four of the interviews are two hours long. These are the veterans you'll meet in "The D-Day Tapes": Battle Fatigue: Corporal Bill Pirone landed with the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment on Omaha Beach, and was wounded. Later, in the Huertgen Forest, he was wounded for a third time, this time by a shell that left him semi-comatose for 37 days. Ed Boccafogli of the 82nd Airborne Division parachuted into Normandy in the predawn hours of June 6th. He fought in the battle for Hill 30 and several other skirmishes before being wounded at Baupte. He returned to take part in Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge. This interview is more than two hours on two CDs. McNamara's Band: Vincent "Mike" McKinney, a retired New York City police officer, was watching the 50th anniversary ceremonies on television in New Mexico when President Clinton introduced the first American to land on Omaha Beach. McKinney's son saw his father turning red in the face. For the first time since the war, his father talked about his experiences, which included landing on Omaha Beach in the first wave, looking around, and not seeing a soul. Thus he always believed he'd been the first American on bloody Omaha. Later that day, he would earn a Silver Star. Lou Putnoky: Although its identity was concealed in this famous D-Day picture, the ship doing all this firing was the USS Bayfield, a Coast Guard vessel that was the flagship of the Utah Beach invasion fleet. Motor Machinist's Mate Lou Putnoky is a veteran of the Bayfield. Tiger Burning: In a practice landing for D-Day off of Slapton Sands, England, three LSTs (landing ship-tanks) were torpedoed by German e-Boats late at night. Angelo Crapanzano, who spent four and a half hours in the English Channel and earned a Bronze Star for saving a fellow sailor's life, was a survivor of the tragedy. Angelo's father served on a sub tender in World War I and suggested he join the Navy, where he would have good food and a bunk to sleep in. "But he didn't tell me about torpedoes." Patsy Giacchi was also a survivor of the LST 507, and like Angelo, kept his story untold for more than 50 years because survivors were told never to talk about it. Chuck Hurlbut landed on Omaha Beach with the 299th Combat Engineer Battalion. ------- This set makes a great gift for the veteran or the history buff in your family, or you may simply want to listen to the interviews themselves. You can listen at home or in your car, or convert the files to MP3s and put them on your iPod. And best of all, you'll be helping to keep alive the memory of the veterans of World War II.Other Oral History Audiobooks by Aaron Elson:

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