Dead Man's Ridge

"The Battle of the Bulge was one of the worst places imaginable for an American GI to receive his baptism of fire in World War II, but that's where the paratroopers of the 17th Airborne Division, "The Golden Talons," got their first taste of combat against the Germans during the bitter and bloody winter of 1944-1945. Based on a remarkable trove of unpublished personal accounts of the action, Dead Man's Ridge is a heart-pounding, minute-by-minute chronicle of untested American paratroopers taking on battle-hardened Germans--and winning"-- Provided by. publisher.