Dog Company : The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc--The Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way Across Europe

from marshapetry

 Another good book about the soldiers who fought in WWII. Good narrator. There's nothing *more* outstanding about these stories than other books but that doesn't mean it's any less outstanding. Interesting stories, well-written, worth the listen (or read) for those of us who enjoy reading as much...

from bkinetic

I had read about the difficult D-Day assault of Pointe du Hoc before, but here O'Donnell provides greater detail. Perhaps due to the film, many are left with the impression that the Rangers took the Pointe on the first day after scaling the cliffs, but as it turns out the Axis troops counterattac...

from rocketjk

This is an ultimately well done history of the Rangers, an elite group of U.S. soldiers, who took on some of the toughest and most deadly missions of the invasion of Europe, starting with scaling massive cliffs under heavy fire on D-Day to go after a set of heavy artillery pieces that had command...

from BrannonSG

I am so torn about this book. I really wanted to like it, but I am rather cool toward recommending it unless you are doing research on Dog Company. I say that because it was about exactly what it says in the title: Dog Company. But that's the problem, it was about Dog Company. So the story starts...

from jimocracy

This was presented in a friendly, casual way but dealt with some serious military incidents. I actually enjoyed the flow of the narrative very much but have to question the historical presentation of some of the stories.