Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich Free Audiobook Download by David Kenyon Webster


David Kenyon Webster is an American paratrooper who landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The memoir of the battle of D-Day and the fall of the Third Reich is narrated by his son.

In Parachute Infantry, David Kenyon Webster recalls his experiences during the D-Day invasion of France. He was assigned to one of the American paratrooper divisions that would help land on the beaches at Normandy. Shortly before landing, he had a fateful conversation with a fellow soldier who claimed that he knew something about the upcoming invasion that no one could have predicted. It was that Hitler would commit suicide and everything would go according to plan. This information has long been discredited but it gave him hope nonetheless and in some ways, helped carry him through the battle as much as anything else. Webster survived D-Day but not without injury and not without some very close calls.

This audiobook tells the story of David Kenyon Webster's experiences in World War II. It is a memoir of his service as an expert parachutist, and he experienced all the major battles of the war including D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich. In spite of his expertise in free-fall combat, he never saw combat action himself.

This audiobook is about a parachute infantry unit in World War II. It is not a typical war story because it focuses on the hardships that the soldiers faced and how they changed during the course of fighting. The author, David Kenyon Webster, served as a paratrooper in the United Kingdom during World War II. He was then transferred to Normandy to fight alongside American forces. One of his key missions was to capture Hitler's mountain retreat at Berchtesgaden in 1945. This audiobook follows several paratroopers through the course of their duties throughout their entire battle with Germany.

The Fall of the Third Reich is a narrative of the events that led to and included the invasion of Europe by Nazi Germany. David Kenyon Webster's book Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich, narrated by ['Alan Sklar'] is an entertaining, compelling read that allows readers to experience everything from the perspective of a soldier living in World War II. The audiobook captures all the drama and tension that made up this chaotic time period.

The narrator of this memoir, David Kenyon Webster, was a young soldier who had volunteered for the Airborne Rangers. He was among them when they jumped into Normandy on June 6th 1944. He recounts their experience in the first campaign in France and then describes the Battle of the Bulge before he and his unit traveled to help liberate Aachen. He goes on to describe how they were relieved by the First Army near Bastogne as well as talk about their later actions after VE Day.

Published Date 2014-10-28
Duration 18 hours 1 minutes
Author David Kenyon Webster
Narrated Alan Sklar
Reviews
(9 Reviews)
Abridged No
Is It Free? 30-days Free
Category Biography & Memoir
Parent Category Military, Memoir

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