DELIVER US FROM DARKNESS

This follow-up to Tonight We Die As Men continues the story of the 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division as they dropped into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden. The following 72-day campaign saw the 506PIR constantly on the move, defending various transport hubs around Eindhoven, desperately trying to keep open Hell's Highway'. From there, the airborne troopers moved north to near Arnhem where they took a new position around Betuwe. For two months, the Americans battled against German tanks, constant artillery barrages and driving rain and they grimly held their ground, until the Germans finally abandoned the effort. Written with the help and input from numerous veterans, this book tells the complete story of many of America's best soldiers as they fought and died in Holland.

Contents:

Foreword by Mario Hank DiCarlo

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Tell everyone I said hello: Rebuilding the Battalion _ August 1944

2. Circle of fire: The German invasion and occupation of the Netherlands _ May 1940 _ September 1944

3. All leave cancelled: Prepare for action _ September 14, 1944

4. A parade ground jump: September 17, 1944

5. Road to Eindhoven: September 17_18, 1944

6. A city in chains: The liberation of Eindhoven

7. The burning sky: The bombing of Eindhoven _ September 19, 1944

8. No time to bleed: Hell's Highway _ September 21_October 1, 1944

9. Life and death on the island: Surviving the nightmare

10. Quiet as a church: Opheusden _ October 5_7, 1944

11. Welcome to the meat grinder: The battle of the island _ October 1944

12. Operation Pegasus I: The rescue of the British Paras _ October 22, 1944

13. Our work is nearly done: Driel _ October 26_November 27, 1944

14. Club Mocambo: Camp Chalons, Mourmelon, France _ November 20_December 20, 1944

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index