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Name: If You Survive
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)
Author: George Wilson

Documenting the last nine months of World War II, this memoir follows a platoon leader in the U.S. 4th Infantry Division from the Normandy landings through to the Siegfried Line. The narrative delivers continuous, gritty combat from an infantryman’s viewpoint, with vivid detail and no romanticized heroics. Its prose is noted for being exceptionally strong within the genre, presenting an unfiltered view of war’s gore and misery.

First publish date: 1987

Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir

Authors: George Wilson

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