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03257aam a2200349 i 4500 001 D21AEDBA0F0311ED8D9C4FC431ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220729010054 008 211008t20222022dcuab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781684511990 020 $a 1684511992 035 $a (OCoLC)1273916633 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d GO9 $d KUA $d OCLCF $d BUP $d SILO 100 1 $a Frederick, Jared, $e author. 245 10 $a Fierce valor : $b the true story of Ronald Speirs and his band of brothers / $c Jared Frederick & Erik Dorr ; foreword by Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret.). 264 1 $a Washington, DC : $b Regnery History, $c [2022] 300 $a xxi, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered plates : $b color illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-338) and index. 505 00 $t Acknowledgments. $r Captain Dale Dye, United States Marine Corps (Retired) -- $t Prologue -- $t Introduction -- $t Over here -- $t Over there -- $t Days of destiny -- $t Killer -- $t Never give up -- $t Embattled platoon -- $t Lucky Lieutenant -- $t Unholy nights -- $t Roads to the Reich -- $t The mountaintop -- $t Cold warrior -- $t Sparky -- $t Acknowledgments. 520 $a 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. -- $c Amazon.com description. 600 10 $a Speirs, Ronald C., $d 1920-2007 610 10 $a United States. $b Company E. $b Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th. $b Company E. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Regimental histories 700 1 $a Dorr, Erik, $e author. 700 1 $a Dye, Dale, $e writer foreword. 941 $a 3 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20230214011529.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20220804025210.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20220729010805.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D21AEDBA0F0311ED8D9C4FC431ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search