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Reviewed on October 1, 1996
During a period of 114 days of combat, from January 8 to May 12, 1945, the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain lost 992 men killed in action and 4,154 wounded. Ellis's memoir, based on his letters to family members and a diary he kept, covers primarily the time from his outfit's departure for Italy to VE Day. Ellis bolsters his main sources with accounts of military historians, a ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More