Whatever It Took: An American Paratrooper's Extraordinary Memoir of Escape, Survival, and Heroism in the Last Days of World War II
New York: Morrow, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. A fine, fresh, unread as-new copy in equally fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 272 pp. Illustrated with photographs. As the Invasion of Normandy launched in the pre-dawn hours of "D-Day" June 6, 1944, Henry Langrehr was among the thousands of Allies that parachuted into occupied France amid heavy anti-aircraft fire. Many died but Henry survived, crashing through the roof of a greenhouse in Sainte-Mere-Eglise. He and his unit battled enemy tanks to a standstill but on June 29, Henry was captured by the Nazis. This is his story of survival of being held at a death camp, forced to live and labor in a coal mine with other POWs, his desperate escape, and journey through southern Germany in search of his Allied brethren. Fine / fine. Item #E34045
ISBN: 9780063027428
Price: $15.95