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Article: Omaha Beach and Beyond: The Long March of Sergeant Slaughter.(Book review)
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- Military Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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OMAHA BEACH AND BEYOND: The Long March of Sergeant Slaughter, John Robert Slaughter, Zenith Press, St. Paul, MN, 2007, 288 pages, $26.95.
Sixteen-year-old John Slaughter joined the 116th Infantry Regiment to escape the Great Depression. A few months later, he was engaged in the serious business of preparing for a conventional, high-intensity world war. Omaha Beach and Beyond is a record of his experiences.
Slaughter advanced from private to staff sergeant squad leader; his Army service ended when he was only 20 years old but by then, he had done it all. He was also one of the first Army Rangers in World War II, experienced the war "up front," lived in the ...