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Format:

Book

Author:

Lambert, Ray (Arnold Ray), author.

Title:

Every man a hero : a memoir of D-Day, the first wave at Omaha Beach, and a world at war / Ray Lambert and Jim DeFelice.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher, Date:

New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]

Description:

xxvii, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Summary:

"Seventy-five years ago, he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now Ray Lambert, ninety-eight years old, delivers one of the most remarkable memoirs, a tour-de-force of remembrance evoking his role as a decorated World War II medic who risked his life to save the heroes of D-Day."--Publisher's description.

Subjects:

Lambert, Ray (Arnold Ray)

United States. Army -- Medical personnel -- Biography.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- United States.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Biography.

Operation Neptune.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Biography.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

Autobiographies.

Other Author:

DeFelice, Jim, 1956- author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-269) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: 0-hour+15 / by Jim DeFelice -- Prologue: Why we remember -- Early days -- Echoes of war -- Infamy and England -- Lighting the torch -- My life in my hands -- Husky -- (Some) rest for the weary -- A mighty endeavor -- Beyond despair -- Deliverance -- Breakout -- The rewards of peace -- Legacy -- Collaborator's note: Bringing Ray's story to the page / by Jim DeFelice -- Appendix A: The combat medics of World War II -- Appendix B: Battle fatigue, psychoneurosis, and PTSD in World War II -- Appendix C: Further reading.

ISBN:

9780062937483

0062937480

9780062937483

0062937480

Other Number:

1080430655

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Current Holds:

0

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1

Control Number:

798868

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Call Number:

BIO Lambert