The Dead and Those About to Die by John C. McManus

Army’s recommended professional reading list. McManus is the author of 11 books, including 'The Deadly Brotherhood: The American Combat Soldier in World War II' and 'Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II.' His 2010 book 'Grunts: The American Infantry Combat Experience, World War II through Iraq' was named to the U.S. McManus (Author) 984 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 6.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. He also serves as the official historian for the United States Army’s Seventh Infantry Regiment. McManus The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach Audio CD Unabridged, Maby John C. military history at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he teaches courses on topics such as World War II and the modern American combat experience.

McManus is one of the nation’s leading military historians.

The book centers largely on the exploits of the 1st Infantry Division and includes detailed, personal accounts of some of the soldiers who were part of World War II’s “longest day.” By highlighting their stories, McManus’s book sheds a timely light on the heroism and courage that defined what today is widely described as “The Greatest Generation.” McManus, offers an insider’s look at just one of the five beaches taken by Allied troops in his book, 'The Dead and Those About to Die - D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach.' Jmarks the 71st anniversary of D-Day, the invasion on the beaches of Normandy that turned the tide of fighting in World War II Europe and led to an Allied victory. Ramsey modestly concludes by saying: 'No matter how hard one tries, it is difficult to catch more than a fleeting glimpse of what it must have been like to have been in Normandy on D-Day.' Thanks to his efforts, and those of his staff, we are left with much more than a mere glimpse.This is an encore interview and was first broadcast in June, 2014. Teeming with firsthand accounts, myth-busting photo captions, judicious narratives, maps and of course thousands of images, the handsome volumes represent the triumph of careful inquiry and good storytelling.

'D-Day Then and Now' is his magnum opus, a thoroughly researched two-volume collection that covers nearly every aspect of history's most famous invasion. In 1973, Ramsey began publishing After the Battle, a magazine that quickly gained a reputation among World War II historians for accuracy, the meticulous investigation of battle sites and, most of all, uncanny then-and-now photography of famous and not-so-famous events and places. McManus is the author, most recently, of 'The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day-The Big Red One at Omaha Beach.' ILLUSTRATION: John McManusġ.

The Dead and Those About to Die by John C. McManus