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Summary:

Fans of Stephen E. Ambrose’s Band of Brothers will be drawn to this complex portrait of the controversial Ronald Speirs, an iconic commander of Easy Company during World War II, whose ferocious courage in three foreign conflicts was matched by his devotion to duty and the bittersweet passions of wartime romance. His comrades called him “Killer.” Of the elite paratroopers who served in the venerated “Band of Brothers” during the Second World War, none were more enigmatic than Ronald Speirs. Rumored to have gunned down enemy prisoners and even one of his own disobedient sergeants, Speirs became a foxhole legend among his troops. But who was the real Lieutenant Speirs? In Fierce Valor, historians Jared Frederick and Erik Dorr unveil the fuller story of Easy Company’s longest-serving commander. Tested by trials of extreme training, military rivalry, and lost love, Speirs’s international odyssey begins as an immigrant child in Prohibition-era Boston and continues through the bloody campaigns of France, Holland, and Germany. But 1945 did not mark an end to Speirs’s military adventures. Uncovered by sharp scholarship, his lesser-known exploits in Korea, the Cold War, and embattled Laos also come to light for the first time. Packed with groundbreaking research, Fierce Valor unveils a compelling portrait of an officer defined by boldness on the battlefield and the inherent costs of war. His story serves as a telling reminder that few soldiers escape the power of their own pasts. -- [Amazon.com description]

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: ch. One Over Here
• ch. Two Over There
• ch. Three Days of Destiny
• ch. Four Killer
• ch. Five Never Give Up
• ch. Six Embattled Platoon
• ch. Seven Lucky Lieutenant
• ch. Eight Unholy Nights
• ch. Nine Roads to the Reich
• ch. Ten Mountaintop
• ch. Eleven Cold Warrior
• ch. Twelve Sparky.

Author/Creator:

Frederick, Jared , author

Contributors:

Dorr, Erik , author

Dye, Dale , writer foreword

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Included Works:

Fierce valor: the true story of Ronald Speirs and his band of brothers [by Frederick, J.]

Dale Dye, USMC (Ret) [by Frederick, J.]

Subjects:

Speirs, Ronald C., 1920-2007

United States Army — Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th — Company E.

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns

World War, 1939-1945 — Regimental histories — United States

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

ISBNs:

9781684512843 (electronic bk.)
1684512840 (electronic bk.)
1684511992 [Invalid]
9781684511990 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1322446883

Other Control Numbers:

EBC6940969 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp302816640