Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich, (Paperback)

from marshapetry

This was a good book for learning day to day operations of soldiers, and how many of them felt, or at least acted like they felt, during WWII. It had lots of Webster's memories of how conversations went, down to the swearing and bantering. Webster was in a lot of action so overall the book detail...

from TCWriter

I can see why this well-written war memoir was rejected by publishers just after WWII -- Webster is simply too honest about his feelings about the army, the Germans (whom he hates, but whose industriousness he comes to admire), the French, officers and war. It's a fairly gritty look at life in on...

from jenspeaks

For fans of Band of Brothers, Kenyon was one of the troopers with Easy Company. His memoir is an eclectic mix of stories from his days beginning with training to the end of WWII.

from tbrennan1

No nonsense and honest account of civilians at war from a very literary person. Webster had studied English Literature at Harvard prior to enlisting in the paratroops and he paints a detailed picture of the men he encountered who he probably would not have met in civilian life. He has no time for...

from jamespurcell

Very personal memoir of an American WW2 soldier who vehemently disliked everything about the military but did his job from Normandy to Berchtesgaden. As Stephen Ambrose said in his intro; this book demonstrate two important strengths, Webster's honesty and his ability to describe his fellow soldi...