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Some of the following books were written by veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. If unable to order a book or you need additional information contact ralph@battleofthebulge.org

SAVING LIVES SAVING MEMORIES
ISBN 978-0-9655894-6-8
A 19 year old ambulance driver in the wake of Patton’s Army
Author – James Sanders – 585^th Ambulance Company

ODOR OF WAR
The purpose of this book is to show the brutality and ugliness of war. It also serves to show the important part infantry soldiers play in the defense of our country.
Author – Andrew Giambroni – 6th Armored Division

BIOGRAPHY OF A BATTALION IN EUROPE IN WWII
ISBN 0-8117-2694-0
This is the story of a unit that helped to liberate or capture dozens of cities across France, Belgium, and Germany from July 1944 through April 1945.
Author – James A. Huston – 35th Infantry Division

A TIME TO REMEMBER- A COMBAT MEDIC LOOKS BACK
The author saw some gruesome violence in the war, he writes about it but does not dwell on it either then or in the years since.
Author – William Wenzel – 94th Infantry Division

O’ER THE LAND OF THE FREE
ISBN 0-9677051-0-X
The story of a soldier in the European Theatre.
Author – Samuel Lombardo – 99th Infantry Division

COMBAT MEDIC IN WORLD WAR II
ISBN 088-739-396-9
A combat medic is a trained soldier who is responsible for providing first aid and frontline trauma care on the battlefield.
Author – John Kerner – 35th Infantry Division

DIARY OF A COMBAT INFANTRYMAN
ISBN 13-978-0-9843585-1-9
Front line combat from The Battle of the Bulge to Bavaria
Author – Jim Sharp – 1st Infantry Division

WHAT AM I DOING HERE
ISBN 978-1-4389-7906-9
He and his buddies walked across France, Belgium and Germany and were in some of the most brutal battles faced by our Army in WWII
Author – LeRoy Maleck – 35th Infantry Division

A SOLDIER’S DIARY
ISBN 978-1-4257-5880-6
The training, the routine duties, the drama of war, the liberation, the release provided by passes and leaves, the love affairs, the challenges of living in the field and under the treat of death are all revealed.
Author – Alfred DiGiacomo – 9th Air Force

ORIGIN OF THE PURPLE HEART AWARD
Read about how the Purple Heart was created.
Author – Sal Scialo – 2nd Infantry Division

WHAT IS BRAVE
A tribute to those who served their country
Author – James Hunt – 1st Infantry Division

MILLION MILES TO GO
ISBN 978-1-4535-843-4
When young John Lebda waded ashore on that beach in North Africa during World War II, he had no idea he was walking into the biggest mess the world has ever seen
Author – John Lebda – 1st Infantry Division

THE LAST BUGLER
This is the story of an inductee into the Army during World War II and his ventures from basic training into and through combat and assignment to postwar duties during which he remained a PFC.
Author – Hubert “Hub” Ranger – 79th Infantry Division

ESCAPE
ISBN 1-892451-11-5
The true story of a POW the Germans could not hold
Author – John M. “Jack” Roberts – 106th Infantry Division

THE BATTLE FOR SNOW MOUNTAIN
ISBN 978-1-929763 48-1
A part of the Battle of the Bulge
Author – Donald J. Young – 106th Infantry Division

TO SAVE BASTOGNE
ISBN: 0965322904
There was a battle of the bulge before the Battle of the Bulge
Author – Robert F. Phillips – 28th Infantry Division

A SOLDIER AND IBM MACHINES IN WORLD WAR II
An Autobiographical Story of a GI in the 13th Machine Records Unit (M) Attached to the US Army VIII Corps.
Author – John J. DiMino – 13th Machine Records Unit

MY HEROES
Many veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge tell their story.
ISBN 1-59457-441-3
Author – Barry J. Veden – Associate Member

146 ENGINEER COMBAT BATTALION – ESSAYONS
The story of a decorated Army unit in WWII
ISBN 978-1-4507-5281-7
Author – Wesley Ross – 146th Engineer Combat Battalion

FIRST ACROSS THE RHINE
The story of the first crossing of the Rhine River
ISBN 10: 0760324085
Author – David Pergrin, 291^st Engineer Combat Battalion

ENGINEERING THE VICTORY
The engineers stop the Germans
ISBN 10: 9780764301636
Author – David Pergrin, 291^st Engineer Combat Battalion

FROM FARM TO FIELD
ISBN 13:978-0-9843585-7-1
Veterans describe in their own words what it meant to leave their rural lives in Kansas, and face the horrors of combat in the fields of Europe.
Author – Tad Pritchett, Associate Member

THE LONGEST WINTER
ISBN 0-306-81304-1
A platoon experienced an ordeal far worse than combat – surviving captivity.
Author – Alex Kershaw

ALAMO IN THE ARDENNES
ISBN 978-0-471-73905-0
The untold story of the American soldiers who made the defense of Bastogne possible
Author – John C. McManus

VICTORY THROUGH VALOR
ISBN 10:9781933370385
A Collection of World War II Memoirs
Authors – George Despotis, Donald E. Korte, Matthew Lary

SIMONE
ISBN 9780615440774
Frank Larson is an aging veteran, still haunted by memories of a violent European war. – Fiction
Author – S. J. Dennis – Associate Member

LENS OF AN INFANTRYMAN
ISBN-10: 0786428678
A World War II Memoir with photographs from a Hidden Camera
Author – Murray Leff – 35th Infantry Division

INFANTRY SOLDIER: HOLDING THE LINE AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
ISBN 0806133805
Describes in harrowing detail the lives of the men assigned to infantry rifle platoons in Europe during World War II.
Author – George W. Neill, 99^th Infantry Division

VOICES OF THE BULGE
ISBN 13:978-0-7603-4032-2
Untold Stories from Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge
Authors – Michael Collins and Martin King

A DREAM SAVED: LEST WE FORGET
ISBN 13-9781403381255
A compilation of stories resulting from interviews with veterans
Author – Tom Adams – Associate Member

HINDER FORWARD
ISBN 0-89725-448-1
The story of the 168^th Combat Engineer Battalion in the European Theatre
Author – Dean Jewett – 168^th Combat Engineer Battalion

NOVILLE OUTPOST TO BASTOGNE; MY LAST BATTLE
ISBN-10: 1412034000
This is the story of one soldier’s last fight at the Belgium town of Noville, an outpost of Bastogne
Author – Don Addor – 10^th Armored Division

MAKING JOHN A SOLDIER
ISBN 978-1-4327-7743-2
A panoramic view of World War II describing the exploits of many of the units that fought in that conflict and the challenges facing the individual GI in the face of hostile fire.
Author – John P. Malloy, Sr. – 75^th Infantry Division

THE DENTIST
My experiences in the war as a liaison officer in combat
Author – Bernard E. Metrick – 8^th Armored Division

WWII THROUGH THESE EYES
ISBN-13: 978-1420833102
Lindy’s military experience, one that would forever leave indelible memories of great sorrow and joy.
Author – Frank “Lindy” Fancher – 32nd Calvary Squadron, 14th Calvary Group

HELL HAWKS
ISBN-13: 978-0760329184
A general-interest history of Americans in a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter group in combat in World War II. This history takes place on the European continent with the Battle of the Bulge at its core.
Authors – Robert F. Dorr & Thomas D. Jones

BATTLE: THE STORY OF THE BULGE
ISBN-13: 978-0803294370
The inspiring story of the stubborn, lonely, dogged battle of the Americans locked in this tragic salient is told.
Author – John Toland

A TIME FOR TRUMPETS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
ISBN-13: 978-0688151577
A triumph of American ingenuity and dedication over an egregious failure in strategic intelligence.
Author – Charles Brown MacDonald

THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
ISBN-13: 978-1568523705
The story of the American fighting man and the manner in which he fought a myriad of small defensive battles until the torrent of the German attack was slowed and diverted, its force dissipated and finally spent.
Author – Hugh Cole

THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
ISBN 0-7835-5702-7
World War II – Collectors Edition – Time Life Books
Authors – William Goolrick & Ogden Tanner & editors of Time Life Books

COMPANY COMMANDER
ISBN 13-978-1580800389
MacDonald’s first combat was war at its most hellish–the Battle of the Bulge.
Author – Charles B. MacDonald – 2^nd Infantry Division

PATTON AND THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
ISBN 0-7603-0652-4
What the 3^rd Army did when the Germans pushed through the Ardennes.
Authors – Michael and Gladys Green

THE BITTER WOODS: THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
ISBN 13: 978-0306806520
A comprehensive portrait of what happened that December, and how the Allies triumphed.
Author – John S. D. Eisenhower

WAR STORIES OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
ISBN – 10: 0760336679
Read first person accounts from the American soldiers, both officers and enlisted men.
Authors – Michael Green & James Brown

THE DEAD OF WINTER
ISBN-13: 978-1596090859
How battlefield investigators, WWII veterans, and forensic scientists solved the mystery of the Bulge’s lost soldiers
Author – Bill Warnock

IF THESE STONES COULD TALK
ISBN-13: 978-0984516605
Individual stories of WWII Americans buried in our overseas cemeteries
Author – Calvin G. Lyons

RED WELLS
ISBN 1-4196-4868-3
The story of her father, Red Wells – a man who has seen hardship, joy, and adventure. Telling the tale through his eyes, she takes us on a remarkable journey from childhood through the Second World War and beyond.
Author – Sharon Wells Wagner – Associate Member

THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE:
(The Photographic History of an American Triumph)
ISBN-13: 978-0760335680
The story of this battle through the photographs taken by brave and dedicated combat cameramen
Author – John R. Bruning

HOW A NINETY-DAY WONDER SURVIVED THE WAR
ASIN: B0006FBPAP8
The story of a rifle platoon leader in the Second Indianhead Division during World War II
Author – Charles D. Curley – 2^nd Infantry Division

THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE: ONE SMALL CORNER
The author’s experiences during war
Author – John V. Fague – 11^th Armored Division
The book can only be purchased through the Shippensburg, PA Historical Society

THE SILENT SNOW
ISBN-13: 9780451152831
Relive the cold, cold frightful days at the Battle of the Bulge
Author – Oliver B. Patton – 106^th Infantry Division

THE MEN OF COMPANY K
ISBN-13: 978-0553262728
The true account of a World War II rifle company
Author – Harold P. Leinbaugh – 84^th Infantry Division

FOXHOLE PROMISES
ISBN 978-1-9834105-0-5
The story of the foot soldiers fighting their way through Europe
Author – Arnold Whittaker – 5^th Infantry Division

ORDINARY HEROES
ISBN 978-1-4392-01770-0
This is a story about enlisted men – ordinary men who grew up on farms and in small towns. When these men were called upon to serve their country, each one rose to the challenge and made the sacrifice for the greater good.
Authors – Steve & Sharon Wells Wagner- Associate Member

ORVILLE IVERSON’S WORLD WAR II
The story of a member of the 9^th Air Force, 9263^rd Signal Battalion
Authors: Orville Iverson, Thom Iverson, Scott Wisner, Colby Quinlin

SKETCHES & MEMOIRS FROM WWII
ISBN: 978-1-4120-9674-4
This book covers the period from February 1941 to November 1945
Author – Maurice H. Kunselman – 106^th Infantry Division

THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN LUXEMBOURG: THE SOUTHERN FLANK
ISBN-13: 978-0887407468
These two new volumes offer new insights into the events of one of the fiercest battles of World War II. Volume I covers the events from the German point-of-view
Author – Roland Gaul – Founder and curator of the National Museum of Military History, Diekirch, Luxembourg

ONCE UPON A TIME IN WAR
ISBN-13: 978-0806139463
For the soldier on the front lines of World War II, a lifetime of terror and suffering could be crammed into a few horrific hours of combat. This was especially true for members of the 99th Infantry Division who repelled the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge and engaged in some of the most dramatic, hard-fought actions of the war.
Author – Robert E. Humphrey

THE BATTERED BASTARDS OF BASTOGNE
ISBN-13: 978-0891418948
The 101st Airborne and the Battle of the Bulge, December 19,1944-January 17,1945
Author – George Koskimaki – 101^st Airborne Division

ST. VITH; LION IN THE WAY
ASIN: B0006ARZ8Y
The 106th Infantry Division in World War II
Author – R. Ernest Dupuy

CORPS COMMANDERS OF THE BULGE
ISBN-13: 978-0700615087
Six American Generals and Victory in the Ardennes focuses on the decisions and actions of Leonard Gerow, Troy Middleton, Matthew Ridgway, John Millikin, Manton Eddy, and J. Lawton Collins
Authors – Harold R. Winton & Dennis Showalter

HEEL FROZEN OVER: THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
ISBN 13 9781418436254
On December 16, bitter weather and brutal warfare tragically met in Southeastern Belgium’s rolling hills of the Ardennes where the 106th Division had arrived only five days earlier.
Author – M. E. Quigley

THE FIGHTIN’ 589^TH
ISBN 13 9781588206671
Not much has been written about the artillery units during World War II in the popular literature. This books more than makes up for that. The batteries of the 106th’s artillery were some of the first units hit on December 16, 1944.
Author – T. P. Kelly

PATTON’S UNSUNG ARMOR OF THE ARDENNES: THE TENTH AMORED DIVISION’S SECRET DASH TO BASTOGNE
ISBN-13: 978-1436338066
When Hitler’s huge counterattack was overwhelming First U.S. Army’s thin line in the Ardennes Forest in December 1944, the 10th Armored Division of Patton’s Third Army secretly roared 75 miles north overnight, flung its tanks in front of the German panzers at Bastogne–and held.
Author – Eugene Patterson – 10^th Armored Division

THE MARGRATEN BOYS
ISBN-13: 978-0230346642
How Margraten, a European village, keeps America’s liberators alive
Author – Peter Schrijvers – University of New South Wales

SGT. OF THE GUARD AT NUREMBOURG
ASIN: B009JTQVCO
This book describes the interaction the author had with all 22 Nazi defendants.
Author – Jim Sharp – 1^st Infantry Division

BATTLEFIELD OF LIFE
ISBN-13: 978-1887471077
An account of one man’s experiences during World War II
Author – Raymond A. Yeatts – 941st Field Artillery Battalion

WORLD WAR II REMINISCENCES
ISBN-13: 978-0960083046
This is the third printing of a collection of 86 chapters, each the most vivid memories of combat in WWII by a veteran of that conflict.
Author – John Roush, Jr. – 83^rd Infantry Division

TRACES – A SOLDIER WRITES HOME
ISBN 10:1880977052
A compilation of letters written by John E. Rames, 26^th Infantry Division, from the time he joined the Army until his death during the Battle of the Bulge.
Author – Grace Rames Kull, sister of John E. Rames

BATTLE OF THE BULGE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF HOFEN
ISBN-13: 978-0970056740
A riveting story as told by George Looney, greatly illustrated with photos, maps, and numerous unseen Battle of the Bulge combat photos.
Author – Michael Looney, son of George Looney

ALWAYS A SOLDIER BUT NEVER GI
ISBN: 1432757520, 9781432757526
The story of Emmett Lang’s personal journey
Author – Emmett T. Lang – 84^th Infantry Division

SHADOWS SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
ISBN-13: 978-1440105678
The story is about POWs  from the 106th Infantry Division who ended up at the new arbeitskommando in Dresden, Slaughterhouse 5.
Authors – Ervin Szpek, Jr., Associate – Frank Idzikowski – Heidi Szpek

YOUTH INTERRUPTED
ISBN 1480178608
Drafted by the Army at age 18 from a New England prep school before he graduates, Pfc. Karl Lindquist serves in the infantry as first scout and later as a Medic.
Author – Karl Lindquist – 26^th Infantry Division

THE BATTLE IN COMMON
Short Stories from the Genesee Valley Veteran’s of The Battle of the Bulge
ISBN 978-0-9885762-0-9
The book is available at Stars & Stripes: The Flag Store, 455 South Ave. Rochester NY; Lift Bridge Book Shop, 45 Main St., Brockport NY; and Yesterday’s Muse Books, 32 W. Main St., Webster NY. The book retails for $25.  The proceeds of the book sale will go the support of the national Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge organization.
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COMES A SOLDIERS’S WHISPER
ISBN-13: 978-1466976863
A collection of letters, written by David Tharp, a young 101st Airborne paratrooper soldier to his sweetheart from 1943-1945.
Author – Jenny La Sala – daughter of David Tharp

NO SILENT NIGHT: THE CHRISTMAS BATTLE FOR BASTOGNE
ISBN-13: 978-0451238139
On Christmas Eve, the holiest of nights for the many Christian peoples of Europe, Adolf Hitler was unleashing the full fury of his remaining Luftwaffe bomber force on Bastogne.
Authors – Leo Barron, Associate & Don Cygan

A Soldier’s Odyssey: To Remember Our Past as It Was
ISBN-13: 978-1466-91705-7
How the author adapted to his new surroundings
Author – Frank W. Maresca – 75^th Infantry Division

FIGHTING WITH THE SCREAMING EAGLES
ISBN-13: 978-1935149309
His account, one of the few by a member of a glider regiment, provides a brutal insight into the battlefields of World War II.
Author – Robert M. Bowen – 101st Airborne Division

FIGHT TO SURVIVE
ISBN-13: 978-0981764061
A historical novel set in the Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944
Author – Steven Blair Wheeler

WORLD WAR II SCRAPBOOK
(European Theatre of Operations)
ISBN: 978-1-60800-024-1
The author’s experiences and memories from World War II
Author – Robert L. Thompson – 2^nd Infantry Division
To purchase the book contact:
American Historical Publishing
Lancaster, PA
Telephone 717-239-0490