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03356aam a22005294i 4500 001 47BE32FCCED911E986F7621997128E48 003 SILO 005 20190904010021 008 190111t20192019nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019000521 020 $a 0316414530 020 $a 9780316414531 035 $a (OCoLC)1082171179 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d DYJ $d DLC $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-it--- $a n-cn--- $a e-it--- 050 00 $a D794.5 $b .D38 2019 082 00 $a 940.54/1273 $2 23 100 1 $a David, Saul, $d 1966- $e author. 245 14 $a The Force : $b the legendary special ops unit and WWII's Mission Impossible / $c Saul David. 246 3 $a Legendary special ops unit and WWII's Mission Impossible 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Hachette Books, $c 2019. 300 $a 360 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Forcemen -- "Where you from, soldier?" -- "Germany first" -- The plough project -- "Push ahead with all possible speed" -- "Frederick, you are now in charge" -- 1-2 company -- "Everybody fought somebody" -- Waling and glass -- "Suspend effort on present line" -- "They blew up bridges, culverts, and everything" -- "A very special force" -- "The battle of the slabs" -- "Their chance will come" -- "We had a crazy bunch of guys" -- "The objective now was perfection" -- "We want to take as many prisoners as possible" -- Kiska -- "Picked men of first-class physique" -- "We had a swell 3 decker cake" -- "This excellent and specially trained force" -- The empress of scotland -- "There was utter destruction" -- The winter line -- "Met at every turn by rifle and machine-gun fire" -- A "herculean" task -- "Difensa or bust" -- The defenders -- "A wet and forbidding mountain" -- The climb -- "All hell broke loose" -- "Medic! medic!" -- "Five yards! five yards!" -- "I don't know how we did it" -- "Kia, return to sender" -- "The best god-damned fighters in the world" -- "They were best friends for the rest of their lives". 520 $a Hailed as "a monumental achievement!" (Douglas Brinkley) The Force tells the riveting, true story of the group of elite U.S. and Canadian soldiers--mountain men, lumberjacks, hunters, and explorers--who sacrificed everything to accomplish a crucial but nearly impossible World War II mission.I mission. 610 20 $a Allied Forces. $b Special Service Force, 1st. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Commando operations $z Italy. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Regimental histories $z United States. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Regimental histories $z Canada. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Italy. 941 $a 12 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409033936.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20230516010544.0 952 $l KHPB566 $d 20230126011542.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909054910.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20200801010333.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20200724010723.0 952 $l SKPC094 $d 20200324010630.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20191207010205.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20191204010818.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191105025305.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20190905012535.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190904010118.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=47BE32FCCED911E986F7621997128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search