When Lewis Scheidcr was inducted into the U.S. Army on March 18th, 1941, he had no idea what lay ahead. In this deeply personal memoir, Lewis tells the story of his service in the 45th Field Artillery Battalion of the 8th Infantry Division as it prepared for war in training camps from South Carolina to southern California and sailed in a convoy across the Atlantic Ocean to Northern Ireland to await the invasion of Fortress Furope. Lewis then recounts rhc 8th Division's landing on Utah Beach on July 4th, 1944 and the fight against the Nazis from the hedgerows of Normandy and Brittany to the port of Brest, ihe Hurtgen Forest, and at last across the Rhine River into the heart of Germany and the end of the war. Along the way, Lewis took dozens of photographs and collected division and battalion newsletters, German propaganda, and other memorabilia that add to the "you are there" spirit of the narrative. For members of the Greatest Generation who are still alive, their children and grandchildren, and anyone who wonders what a GI's day-to-day life was like on the ground in France and western Germany during World War II, Greenbatk is a compelling and poignant contribution to the history of the war. Book jacket.
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